What will look like a new star in the sky will actually be a nova — an exploding star, NASA says. Here's how to see it.

Any night now, the astrophysicists tell us, a new star will appear in the night sky—about as bright as the North Star—the ...

When we think of color in the night sky, we often think of beautiful images of galaxies and nebulae. Unfortunately, most of ...

Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting The Starry Night is renowned for its swirling blue skies and luminous yellow stars.

If you’re an astrophile, you may remember earlier this year reading about a “once-in-a-lifetime” nova outburst that would ...

In September, the sky gets dark significantly earlier, allowing us to observe the night sky without having to stay up too ...

Astronomers predict that a bright new star will soon appear in the night sky as a result of a cosmic explosion that occurred ...

A Texas telecommunications startup launched its first five massive “BlueBird” communications satellites into orbit on ...

The Westminster College Planetarium, the Society for Physics Students and the Harms Center for the Environment welcome the ...

Coronado Elementary School to celebrate the fifth annual “Reading Under the Stars” event, aimed at fostering a love of ...

From a solar eclipse to a dolphin-like nebula, these winning shots by astrophotographers from around the world depict the ...