In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of optical astronomy ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

Newark Advocate faith columnist Mark Katrick shares his thoughts on loss, grief and faith after experiencing the loss of a ...

Today marks the start of Northern Hemisphere summer, and also offers a chance to view night-glowing clouds if you’re lucky.

Kendall Jenner is showing off her bikini and swimsuit body during a canyon vacation as she celebrates her "strawberry moon." ...

Stargazers were treated to the final full moon of spring, the strawberry moon, overnight Tuesday, June 10 into June 11. But smoke, clouds or other factors may have blocked the view for some Reno ...

The high-altitude clouds form in a layer between 50 and 85 kilometres above the Earth’s surface, at the edge of space. They are made from icy dust particles left over by 'shooting stars'.

Like a remote goddess, desirable but elusive, the full April moon finally appeared through gaps in the clouds over the District early Sunday, at last shedding its silver light upon the sleeping city.

The fourth full moon of the year, and the first of astronomical spring, it also happens to be a micromoon – the opposite of a supermoon. It will reach its peak at 8:22 p.m. Eastern time.

As the Earth's shadow fell on the moon, the brilliant full moon transformed into the deep red "blood moon.". GALLERY | "Blood moon" stuns western Washington Luckily for stargazers, breaks in the ...