Maffei 1 and 2 are faint, dust-obscured galaxies near the Milky Way—discovered in 1967 and challenging targets for deep-sky ...

Catch the solar system’s largest planet satellite sharing the constellation Gemini the Twins with our Moon this morning ...

One amateur astronomer is on a quest to identify every object in the catalog of Lynds’ dark nebulae. Tag along for the journey!

With the discovery of Infinity Galaxy, researchers believe they have found evidence of a direct collapse black hole by ...

Harmful cuts” jeopardize the agency’s mission, more than 280 current and former personnel contend in a scathing dissent.

The loose open cluster NGC 7243 makes it worth learning the location of Lacerta the Lizard, now visible in the evening sky.

Explore the Soul Nebula (IC 1848), a star-forming region in Cassiopeia. Learn its clusters and why it's a favorite for ...

NGC 6231 is the sky's sixth-brightest open star cluster. It's located in the Scorpius constellation. Amateur astronomers call ...

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve ...

Purgathofer-Weinberger 1, a faint planetary nebula about 1,300 light-years away, is the second-largest planetary nebula in ...

This detailed image of a famous supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus is the hauntingly beautiful swan song for a massive star.

Though it’s dimmest at eastern elongation, Iapetus may be visible this morning. Give it a try and enjoy Saturn’s brighter moons as well.