The Perseid meteor shower begins on July 17 alongside two others, making "shooting stars" likely any night this month and ...

As July brings a series of spectacular planetary conjunctions and meteor showers, we test whether the pocket-sized Dwarflab ...

Imagine living 250 years ago! The year is 1776. There would have been no computers, cellphones, televisions or electricity. Early Americans spent time gazing at the beautiful and dark night sky. They ...

Archaeologists exploring the Maya ruins of Xultun in Guatemala have, for the first time, deciphered the name of an ancient ...

Moon bases, living to 100 and (finally!) flying cars. What 2076 and our future will look like may be stranger than we expect.

Dreams of finding a sort of Earth 2.0 motivate much of the thinking around the search for exoplanets. But there is more to ...

Getting an affordable smart telescope, like the Dwarf Mini or Seestar S30, is easier and more rewarding than I thought.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342.

Friday, July 10With no Moon in the sky tonight, it's a great opportunity to chase after fainter objects, such as the Cat's ...

For decades, Venus remained hidden beneath an impenetrable layer of clouds, concealing one of the greatest mysteries in the Solar System. When Soviet spacecraft finally reached the surface, they ...

Nearly 2 million satellites could soon launch into orbit. Astronomers warn this massive megaconstellation poses an ...