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

The Andromeda galaxy (M31) has been captured by the Chandra X-ray Telescope. See the imagery and hear a sonification of it.

Over the course of human history, perhaps no single object in the night sky has drawn more attention than the Andromeda ...

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

Alfred University Assistant Astronomy Professor Connor Robinson recently lectured at the European Southern Observatory Headquarters outside of Munich, Ger., on a proposal to be submitted to NASA for ...

The first supermoon of 2025 rises on Oct. 6 close to the gas giant Saturn. The first supermoon of 2025 takes to the night sky ...

As Luke Jerram’s Mars comes to Truro Cathedral, we explore memorials to two famous scientists – including one from Launceston ...

See the crescent moon shine with Mars at sunset on Sept. 24. The crescent moon shines close to Mars above the western horizon ...

As telescopes peer into the universe, they sometimes see quirks of nature that magnify faraway objects. These eight galaxies recently imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear stretched, ...

When you think of telescopes in space, you probably think of the Hubble Space Telescope and its younger, larger sibling, the James Webb Space Telescope. Both are multi-billion-dollar international ...

In the test, a flat, square mirror roughly 2.5 metres across directs a beam of light down to solar panels and sensors. In one ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jean Mueller became Palomar Observatory’s first female telescope operator in 1985, breaking decades-old gender ...