At the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, this one held in Phoenix on January 4-8, Andrea Dupree of the Center for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian presented a talk entitled, ...

Nearly all stars are found inside or around galaxies, but there are ways for stars to escape into intergalactic space.

After four centuries of advances, astronomers now capture the Sun’s swirling, dynamic features in stunning detail.

Lunar Prospector launched on January 6, 1998, as the third mission within NASA’s Discovery Program, which emphasizes frequent ...

On January 2nd, the Full Moon, designated the Wolf Moon, officially occurs at 5:30 A.M. EST, simultaneously identified as a Super Moon near perigee and marking the culmination of a four-Super Moon ...

Because rogue planets don’t orbit a host star, they can’t be found using astronomers’ typical go-to methods: radial velocity or transits. (Radial velocity measures the way a star wobbles as an unseen ...

NGC 7662, a planetary nebula colloquially known as the Blue Snowball, is located within the northern region of the constellation Andromeda, approximately 4.5° east of the star Omicron Andromedae.

Robert Aitken, born in 1864, overcame childhood health challenges, including progressive deafness, to earn a B.A. in mathematics in 1887 and subsequently teach mathematics and astronomy. He embarked ...

During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon remains faintly visible due to the refraction and scattering of sunlight by Earth's atmosphere. The color observed during totality (ranging from red to brown) is ...

Star-forming galaxies, including ours, are rich in elements — and secrets. Stars come to life fastest in the early histories of such galaxies, but this process doesn’t last at such a high rate forever ...

The article details a significant astronomical event: the transit of Jupiter's moon Io and its shadow across the gas giant's disk, observed overnight from December 27th into December 28th. The ingress ...

Asteroid 40 Harmonia will reach opposition at 10 A.M. EST on January 1st, becoming observable with binoculars or a telescope in Gemini, positioned approximately 2.5° southeast of Mebsuta. Observation ...