Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset. Mercury will reach its greatest ...

November’s full moon was the 11th full moon of the year and the second of four consecutive supermoons in this seasonal ...

If there is one star that serves to announce the arrival of fall as the leaves have begun to turn, unquestionably that title would have to go to Fomalhaut. As night falls on October evenings, glance ...

Nov. 17: The Leonid Meteor Shower should be best from 1 a.m. to dawn. Under dark sky conditions, the Leonids exhibit a maximum of about 10 to 15 meteors per hour. Nov. 5: Full hunter supermoon — ...

Behind the calm night sky, massive stars battle gravity and radiation, raising a question: how do the biggest keep growing?

The brilliant star Fomalhaut appears each year around this time, marking the arrival of autumn and offering a clear evening view for stargazers.

N obody does it better than supermassive black hole J2245+3743. It is a bright, active galactic nucleus (AGN), with a mass ...

V Sagittae’s violent mass transfer hints at an imminent nova—and a future supernova visible from Earth. Binary star systems are fairly common in the universe, as are pairs where one star is a compact ...

As November begins, two of the solar system's rocky planets form a nice pair low in the western sky during twilight. They add a sparkle to our view of the constellation Scorpius the Scorpion as it ...

Angel Reese finished her second season with the Chicago Sky as the WNBA’s rebounds leader. Angel Reese led WNBA in rebounds, earning her second All-Star selection despite challenges. Chicago suspended ...

Fall’s fastest-moving meteor shower, the Orionids, are set to peak this week. And they’re putting on their biggest show while we’ve got two comets appearing in the night sky. The bonus for this week’s ...

A truly once-in-a-generation event is unfolding! Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is now visible from Earth after its journey ...