Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...

The moon isn't merely a white sphere; it's a textured gray globe shaped by billions of years of impacts. I remember the first time I realized it's possible to see Jupiter without a telescope. I'd ...

Polaris is in an area of the night sky free from bright stars ... Polaris is the tip of a “Little Dipper,” a shape of stars that's always opposite the Big Dipper. Also called Ursa Minor ...

Astrology and star constellations are deeply intertwined, as the constellations form the very basis of the zodiac signs we ...

ForbesThe Brightest Star In The Night Sky Rises Today ... and one of the most geometrically precise—asterisms (shapes) in the night sky. Part of the constellation of Pegasus, the winged horse ...

The other stars in the constellation of Cygnus are extensions of this cross shape. 2. Throughout summer the Northern Cross will rise higher and higher in the south-eastern sky until September when ...

As the sky continues to darken ... to cut down on the light from nearby stars while bringing out the nebula’s rich detail, including its distinctive shape, which appears much like the continent ...

As the dipper-shaped Seven Sisters star cluster rises ever higher in the ... with Venus low in the southwestern sky in evening twilight. Saturn appears next, about a third of the way up the ...