The first quarter moon is October 29th, so trick or treaters can be treated to a fine view of the waxing gibbous moon and Saturn for Halloween stargazers. This fine shot was taken by Jennifer Lanier ...

For decades, scientists engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have probed the galaxy for signs of artificial radio transmissions. Beginning with Project Ozma in 1960, ...

A giant 'wave' is rippling through the Milky Way, pushing thousands of stars across the galaxy, and scientists don't know what triggered it.

From star clusters and planets to meteor showers and galaxies, here's a list of some must-see astronomical events set to take place this month ...

Will the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide in several billion years? The odds have changed with a new study using 100,000 supercomputer simulations. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...

The crop of winners showcases a dazzling range of shots, including views of the Milky Way, comets blasted by solar wind and the elusive Spaghetti Nebula. The overall winning image, taken by Weitang ...

Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope reveal that our galaxy also has a giant wave rippling outwards from ...

This article, originally titled "The Man Who Discovered the Universe," is from the Summer 2025 issue of Air & Space Quarterly, the National Air and Space Museum's signature magazine that explores ...

Get ready to witness our cosmic neighbor like never before! :milky_way: Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher spent 38 hours capturing an unbelievably detailed image of the Andromeda Galaxy, located 2.5 ...

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers observed auroras warming the rogue planet’s upper atmosphere.

The nearby satellite galaxy M32 can also be seen as a bright ball on the upper edge of Andromeda's disk while the milky splash of light below is in fact the elliptical galaxy Messier 110, which plays ...

There’s so much going on this month for stargazers, including great lunar conjunctions and cover-ups. One of the great meteor showers also puts on a show. October is a transitional month, both in ...