Most objects in space, such as stars, have a lifecycle stretching over hundreds of thousands of years or more, so it’s rare to see objects in the sky that look significantly different over a short ...

Movie stars are usually the biggest draw to movies for fans. They are usually who get the most credit for the popularity of a movie (as well as the blame when a movie bombs). On rare occasions, there ...

Seventeen years after the last passage of Comet Halley, the ESO Very Large Telescope at Paranal (Chile) has captured a unique image of this famous object as it cruises through the outer solar system.

A boy named Sue. A girl named Beulah. These are some of the unfortunate names a child can have today. But such children have nothing to complain about in comparison to a cold, dark rock that is 6.5 ...

Astronomers using the Very Large Array (VLA) have spotted a curious object orbiting Cygnus A, a famous supermassive black hole and one of the strongest sources of radio waves in the universe. The rest ...

The Milky Way is most prominent in the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere, with the Cygnus star clouds and Summer Triangle being notable features. Mid-northern latitude observers face challenges ...