Earth's moon is occasionally illuminated by flickers, glows or beams of light. What are these mysterious lights?

Scientists are using modern technology to peer heavenward. This is an Inside Science story. Since ancient times, people gazing up at the night sky have seen animals, gods and goddesses, and other ...

Don't miss the moon, Jupiter and the stars of the constellation Orion rise along the southern horizon on Oct. 12.

"Breathtaking" images of a stellar nursery in the Orion Nebula taken by the James Webb Space Telescope are revealing intricate details about how stars and planetary systems form. The images, released ...

The peak of the2025 Orionid meteor shower coincides with the New Moon, meaning you should be able to see even faint meteors ...

The night sky will host one of autumn's best meteor showers at the start of the new week as the Orionids reach their annual ...

The Radcliffe wave. The clouds that comprise this structure are highlighted in red and superimposed on an artist's illustration of the Milky Way. The location of the sun is highlighted by the yellow ...

Apologies, birds of the cosmos — the James Webb Space Telescope has set aside ornithology and officially entered its entomology era, a stunning new image of the Butterfly Nebula shows. Glittering some ...

The four astronauts set to climb aboard the first Orion spacecraft to fly humans have already given it a name. In a press conference from Houston, Artemis II commander and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman ...