STARGAZERS are in for a treat this month as a rare planet parade falls in Andromeda galaxy season. “One of the best planet ...

This makes galaxy clusters glow brightly at those wavelengths as one of the brightest sources of X-rays on the sky. In 2019 German and Russian research groups collaborated to launch a new X-ray ...

With a lining up of planets and distant galaxies visible to the naked eye, there is a lot to see in the skies in February.

A new way to study 3D maps of galaxies in the cosmos without compressing the data is revealing new information about the dark universe.

This was the birth of our modern universe of galaxies, so poetically celebrated in Seeing in the Dark. Today, astronomers have measured the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy much more precisely ...

The arc of our galaxy—visible right now straight after dark from places with no light pollution, such as Dark Sky Places—features prominently in the winning images from as far afield an Taiwan ...

In many parts of the world, especially those most densely populated, it's becoming increasingly difficult to be able to view the galaxy surrounding ... International Dark-Sky Association (IDA ...

Dark stars can be incredibly huge, stretching for thousands of light-years, while still having relatively low density. This would match observations of galaxy cores, which makes this an intriguing ...

Sisters has been named Oregon's newest 'Dark Sky Community,' in recognition of the city’s efforts to curb light pollution.