A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

Ever gazed up at the stars and felt that magical awe wash over you? As cities grow brighter, it's becoming harder to ...

Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, will gain "maximum brilliance" at night on Valentine's Day across Kentucky skies ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

France’s Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park has been officially designated as an International Dark Sky Reserve, recognizing the collective efforts of the region.

Cambridge Schools have always been at the forefront of fostering intellectual curiosity and scientific temper among its ...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

When driving around town, some may have noticed that many of the city’s street lights have a different look to them.

From supermoons to a total eclipse to the national park’s biggest and best-attended star parties, these are the must-see celestial shows of the year ...

Joining it's twin to continue decades of research mapping the height of the Earth's oceans, the Sentinel 6B satellite is set ...