A shortcut for New Yorkers to spot some of the planets is to look for them when they are near the moon. On Feb. 1, Venus will appear just above the crescent moon. On the third day of the month, ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

Venus appears low in the evening sky, guiding us to Saturn. Jupiter makes an attractive sight below the Hyades and Mars ...

Astronomers studying FCC 224, an ultra-diffuse galaxy, have discovered luminous, overmassive globular clusters, providing key ...

JWST uses gravitational lensing to uncover stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years away, providing insights into early ...

Thousands upon thousands of stars illuminate this breathtaking image of star cluster Liller 1, imaged with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3. Some of our galaxy’s most massive, luminous stars burn 8,000 ...

JWST of NASA recently delivered a remarkable finding by discovering individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light years away ...

Scientists have newly identified a “supergiant” sea bug species after ... head shared a resemblance to the helmet worn by iconic “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader. The scientists officially ...

Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/S.Dagnello. Six or seven billion years ago, most stars formed in super star clusters. That type of star formation has largely died out now. Astronomers know of two of ...

Rare blue lurker star found in the M67 open star cluster Unusual rotation speed linked to stellar mergers in a triple system Hubble detects white dwarf companion with ...

These “supergiant” isopods are found near the Spratly Islands and have become a delicacy in Southeast Asia. Despite their popularity, little is known about their natural environment.