It's the supermoon, after all! What better way to commemorate such a rare event than to bask in its silvery splendor?
It's the supermoon, after all! What better way to commemorate such a rare event than to bask in its silvery splendor?
Will he turn all the cameras around?
Astronomers look to another star and its orbiting planet for a sneak peek of own solar system when the sun becomes 100 times larger than it is now.
If this trifecta of sky antics doesn’t portend unicorn sightings and magic portals, then nothing will.
March's full moon has some stories to tell.
The exquisite 'Urania's Mirror' box set included 32 celestial chart cards with perforated stars to help map the heavens.
Not one galaxy, but two, afforded by the pristine skies of Yosemite National Park.
A trio of satellites are gathering some surprising data to help us better understand Earth's complex and ever-changing magnetic field.
NASA's latest satellite images showing how we've lit up the planet are a thing of wonder.
Study of a simulated mission to Mars makes a surprising discovery
From pink lightning and northern lights to stars far far away, here's your daily dose of nighttime sky-candy.
Stargazers are flocking to these neighboring towns in Colorado that have traded streetlights for starlight.
When off-duty in the cockpit, Ecuador Airlines pilot Santiago Borja takes photos that would make Zeus proud.
The cave mapping is all part of tests to see how these technologies could one day explore and map other planets.
Our star-spangled photo of the day is a reminder of things we're losing.
It takes a lot of fuel to get off the ground; launching from a plane can save time and energy.
The 2017 solstice falls on June 20 or June 21 depending on where you are ... celebrate with a crash course in curiosities about the longest day of the year.
In honor of the upcoming eclipse, the new USPS Forever stamp uses thermochromic ink to offer two stamps in one.
Convinced that our time on Earth is short, the astrophysicist says we should (and could) hit the moon within 30 years.
Because we all need role models and she is the living embodiment of the term.
The first photo of a total solar eclipse was taken on July 28, 1851, by Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski.
A lesson in the rewards of secondhand shopping.
While eclipse mania is reaching a fever pitch, here’s what to know about the star of the show.
While the sun may be stealing the show, the solar eclipse would be nothing without Earth's own heavenly satellite.
The Trust for Public Land has protected more than 80 places along the path of totality; consider one of these for your viewing pleasure.
Do not mail them to the President.
Well hello, fall. (Or spring if you happen to be in the southern hemisphere.)
This year’s Harvest Moon rises in all its giant, gorgeous glory on October 5, but its waxing and waning put on a good show too.
The successful launch of Sentinel-5P means scientists will soon have access to the most accurate monitoring yet of pollution and climate change related gases in earth's atmosphere
Idaho is working hard to create an official dark sky reserve, which would make it the first in the US and the 12th in the world.
