Key points The David Malin Awards sponsored by CSIRO celebrate some of the world's best astrophotographers and the images ...

Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible ...

By Wausau Pilot & Review Staff As September turns to October, the night sky offers everything from faint zodiacal light at ...

October is a wonderful time to stargaze; the skies are frequently clear, the temperatures haven’t dipped down to the frigid ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the ...

Set for a spring grand opening, the new Stanley Observatory is close to completion, boasting a retractable roof and built to ...

Using the world’s largest digital camera, Rubin will capture a full view of the southern sky every three days.

Because they are densely covered in dust, the regions in which stars are formed are particularly difficult to study. Now there is an impressive map.

Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data ...

Where exactly are we in the Milky Way? This video maps our true cosmic address with Gaia data—central bar, spiral arms, dark-matter halo, and the Orion Arm where the Solar System lives—and explains ...

In the vast universe, a grand event spanning billions of years is quietly brewing — the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy will engage in a stunning 'interstellar collision' in 3.7 billion years. This ...

In the vast universe, a grand event spanning billions of years is quietly brewing—the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will stage a stunning 'interstellar collision' in 3.7 billion years. This ...