NASA's IR space scope explores the Milky Way’s most prolific star-forming region, cracking open new secrets of how stars form.

For the first time, scientists believe they have captured direct evidence of the mechanisms that trigger a solar flare. These massive explosions, generated by the Sun, release staggering amounts of ...

The Sky This Week from November 28 to December 5: 2025’s last Full Moon, a Super Moon ...

When Pioneer 10 flew by Jupiter on Dec. 3, 1973, its margin of survival was closer to the knife-edge than it seemed. It absorbed a thousand times the lethal dose of radiation for a human, suffering ...

Deep-sky objects are celestial objects that exist outside our solar system. Three major types of deep-sky objects are nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies.

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out on the evening of January 27 to see the Moon pass the Pleiades star cluster, which lies in the constellation ...

Today we’re visiting a classic: the first object on Messier’s list, the Crab Nebula (M1). Located in Taurus, this well-known supernova remnant is perfectly placed for viewing in the January evening ...

The object that would become known as both the Great January Comet of 1910 and the Daylight Comet was first seen Jan. 12 in the Southern Hemisphere. It’s unclear who precisely discovered it, but some ...

Deep-sky objects shine and the giant planets show off their satellites as the bright light from the Moon disappears from our ...

The Fighting Dragons of Ara, also called the Rim Nebula and cataloged as NGC 6188, comprises dark, star-forming clouds and bright young suns.

First-magnitude Saturn crosses into Pisces today, readily visible to the naked eye as the brightest light in the southwestern sky as it sinks slowly toward the horizon a few hours after sunset. You’ll ...