Trundling along the ecliptic plane in Virgo, our satellite hangs near the bright star Spica in the evening sky.

"Astronomy for our ancestors was very integral to their lives. We needed it for finding food, for learning law [and] knowing how to direct yourselves at night time,” Ms Banks told The Point.

Phil Plait is a professional astronomer and science communicator in Virginia. His column for Scientific American, The Universe, covers all things space. He writes the Bad Astronomy Newsletter ...

A superbright Mars is currently visible alongside Regulus, the "Heart of the Lion" star located around 79 light-years from Earth.

Pope Leo XIV encouraged young astronomy students at the Vatican this week to “be generous in sharing what you learn and what you experience, as best you can and however you can.” ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have detected a new star shining brightly in the night sky.(Image credit: Bryan ...

Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav will inaugurate a national workshop on the theme “Astronomy and Indian Knowledge Tradition” on Saturday, June 21, at the Varahamihira Astronomical Observatory in Dongla, ...

Five years of imagery from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have been stitched together to create an all-sky and northern & southern ecliptic mosaics. Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS and ...

How many full moons will we have in 2025? There are 12 full moons each year, one in every month. Each month’s full moon has a nickname or a variety of nicknames. Including the Buck Moon in July ...

Bianco, for example, is the deputy project scientist and interim head of science for the Rubin Observatory. From 2014 through 2021, she chaired the collaboration that deals with “time astronomy,” ...