The nearly full Moon will pass Mars on the evening of Dec. 17 in a brilliant conjunction.

The seven stars that make up this famous asterism are part of Ursa Major the Great Bear. And they offer a lot more than meets ...

The Hubble tension is one of the most hotly debated discrepancies in all of astronomy. It centers around a number called the ...

In stark contrast with a paper released last year that determined the exoplanet was likely to be bare and barren, new data ...

The universe’s light-starved early epochs, as well as the first stars and galaxies, lie beyond the reach of conventional ...

Since 2017, Imperio, 37, a Duke Eye Center Ophthalmic Photographer, has found a creative outlet in astrophotography, the ...

Comets are icy bodies that formed alongside the planets in the early Solar System before being flung into its distant outer ...

"Planetarium for the Unstoppable" is the title of the event scheduled for Thursday, December 19, at 7 PM, aimed at people ...

In the eighteenth century, from opposite ends of the world, a debate raged between two scholars over a seemingly esoteric ...

Data access, or the availability of new and archival data for use by other scientists and the public, is key to scientific ...

Amateur astronomy clubs thrive on community stargazing sessions. Be patient and respectful when lining up for shared ...