The lanes and clouds of dust in the star-forming Orion Nebula (M42) reveal a dark dimension to this familiar object.

Found less than a billion years after the Big Bang, these massive objects are upending astronomers’ timeline for how early galaxies formed.

Since 2018, we've seen 1ES 1927+654 generate jets in real time and found it may have a lone white dwarf orbiting near the ...

The Red Planet reaches its best position all year this week on January 15. Here’s how and when to get out and see it.

Every 26 months, the orbits of Earth and Mars allow us a closer look when Mars is at opposition — which will happen on Jan.

The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...

The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.

Astronomy can often give us clues to the past that are otherwise lost to history. In one case, an Italian astronomer has ...

The key NASA center remains under a mandatory evacuation order, but officials say both it and Mount Wilson are protected for ...

Extractable water near the south pole of our closest celestial neighbor promises a new spark for future space explorers.

Astronomical observatories use several techniques to compensate for distortions in images caused by our atmosphere.

The Moon held on to its magnetic field for most of its life — which could mean less lunar water available to future ...