In the constellation Perseus the Hero, the star Algol is fun to watch due to its regular changes in brightness. And you don't ...

You won’t get a star map or a list of constellations. ISS Detector is for people who just want to look up at the right time, see something cool whizz by at 25,000 km/h, and maybe snap a photo or ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Having a good phone app is a lot of fun and quite helpful in verifying stars, asterisms, and constellations. Most apps will ...

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

TWO new stars have suddenly appeared in the night sky, caused by some of the most powerful explosions in the universe. Two ...

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

Starlink already dims its spacecraft in visible light by tipping solar panels away from Sun reflections. A similar hardware tweak, better shielding around onboard avionics, could muffle stray radio ...

Ouranos is an AI-powered astronomy weather app that helps moon watchers find the best nights to observe the sky.