Meanwhile, Venus and Saturn — both beaming in the morning sky — welcome Jupiter into the fold. The gas giant makes its first appearance at mid-month in Gemini, low in the northeast about an hour ...

The astronomers who operate powerful Vera C. Rubin observatory released debut images June 23, 2025, showcasing just exactly ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

Travel 60 million light-years away into the constellation Virgo to catch a glimpse of interacting galaxies NGC 4568 and NGC ...

The world has gotten an early preview of the Rubin Observatory's first images, which include stunning snaps of spiraling ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor ...

There are two ways to use a star map. First, we can go from the sky to the map. Suppose, for example, we spot a fairly bright star halfway from the southeastern horizon to the zenith (the map’s center ...

I’ve been finding my way around the night sky with a star map for more than six decades and have always found it quite easy. And then in 1994, I visited ...

There's a big diamond in the sky made by connecting the stars Arcturus, Spica, Denebola and Cor Caroli. Once found, you can use it to find each star's associated constellation. The spring sky is ...

Covering 1294 square degrees, Virgo is the second largest constellation after Hydra, and there’s plenty going on here. Many of the stars serve as touchstones to help reveal its deeper mysteries.

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said Friday.