located some 5500 light-years away from us, in the constellation Vela. With its bright streaks and swirls, this birthplace of stars is not afraid to flaunt its colors. From the vivid pink of gas ...

To celebrate the stars in the sky, our next set of coloring pages focuses on stars and the special light within ... lots of ...

A bright light that puffed out smoke and flew over the night sky was spotted all over Texas, and some residents have theories ...

SPHEREx will begin routine science operations in late April, NASA said. At that time, the space telescope will begin taking about 600 exposures a day. The observatory is capable of detecting infrared ...

SPHEREx, NASA’s new space telescope, just opened its eyes to the universe and delivered its very first images from space.

Greetings, stargazers. Spring is galaxy season for many amateur astronomers. However, when looking through an eyepiece instead of a camera for astrophotography, you might think of this as the season ...

Venus in the dawn sky as a 'morning star ... the brightest of all stars by nearly 20-fold. If you live in a rural location with no light pollution to interfere, you'll readily be able to make ...

Look up to the southern sky ... When stars dim, this is a sign that they're running out of fuel. Over billions of years, stars burn through fuel, mostly hydrogen, to produce energy and light.

You might be considering the best star projectors for scientific accuracy, or to look at something cool. But, if you want to look at the night sky too ... put on a light show or completely ...

The full moon will occult the star Spica only 28 minutes later ... isn't until 7:15 a.m. By 6:30 a.m., when the sky is starting to get light, Mercury is a full 15 degrees high in the east, with ...