Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...

The moon illusion is a scientific term used to describe what happens when when the moon appears bigger sometimes, and smaller ...

Over the past decade, scientists have detected a puzzling phenomenon: radio pulses coming from within our Milky Way galaxy ...

BL Lacertae blazar shifts between classifications faster than expected. It shows record X-ray activity and challenges current ...

This place just made TIME's list of World's Greatest Places of 2025 and Newsweek's 10 best science museums in the U.S. Here's ...

FLORIDA — Sky watchers and astronomy lovers got a very rare treat as a total lunar eclipse dazzled the night sky above Central Florida early Friday morning.

Cherry Springs State Park sits atop a 2,300-foot mountain in the Susquehannock State Forest, surrounded by some of Pennsylvania’s most pristine wilderness. Named for the large black cherry trees that ...

Cherry Springs State Park sits quietly in Potter County, an 82-acre pocket of darkness that’s become the astronomy enthusiast’s equivalent of finding a golden ticket to Wonka’s factory. While millions ...

Its employees regularly collect weather data that help scientists monitor daily forecasts, track hurricanes, support air ...

At the Harvard College Observatory in years around 1900, women were hired to make measurements of astronomical data and do ...

The blood moon tonight is also known as the “Blood Worm Moon” which denotes winter's end and the beginning of spring. NASA said this is the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years. While ...