From Jupiter at its bright opposition to a slew of close planetary pairings, meteor showers and spectacular eclipses, here's ...

From new exoplanetary neighbors and a weakening dark energy to the best evidence for life on Mars and an interstellar comet ...

A supermassive black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 just delivered an X-ray surprise that astronomers have never watched ...

Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, ...

Planetary alignments, a total lunar eclipse, and meteor showers are highlights to look for in the coming year.

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have contributed to new insights into the most long-lived cosmic explosion ever recorded. The event was a gamma-ray burst that remained ...

“The recent Nature paper by Borlaff, Marcum and Howell raises important concerns about our ability to continue gathering ...

The cosmos has taken up its fair share of space in the news this year. Here are some of the major stories from beyond Earth ...

First Light! Astronomy on Tap brings professional astronomers and space enthusiasts out of the lecture hall and into local ...

Giving a push to science education among girls from disadvantaged groups, Delhi government set up a model astronomy ...