Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or so ...

"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.

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

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 ...

For the first time, scientists have imaged the elusive south pole of the sun. The images captured by the Solar Orbiter ...

The line the sun traces across the daytime sky, called the ecliptic, aligns with this plane, so when the planets appear in the sky, they all appear roughly along the ecliptic.

Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead. By Michael Roston and Katrina Miller Our species called this latest 366-day journey around the sun “2024 ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., May 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bottomline, a leader in business payments and legal spend management, and Ecliptic Technology, the London Market choice for global expert ...

Adventurous music, knowledgeable speakers, a little comedy, great scenery -- oh, and a total solar eclipse -- are all part of the Ecliptic Festival at Cedar Glades Park in Hot Springs.

As the mysticisms of astrology gave way to the scientific investigations of astronomy, it became clear that there truly is celestial significance to the ecliptic. It's no coincidence that the planets ...

Ecliptic Festival Is Being Headlined by Angel Olsen & a Solar Eclipse The four-day fest will culminate with rare views of a total solar eclipse, which won't happen again for 20 years.