The birth of a new star seen in 1054, bright enough to dazzle humanity and visible for 20 days. An incredible cosmic event ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient secrets buried deep beneath the surface of the moon, thanks to China’s Chang’e-4 mission.

At the summit of Cerro Pachón, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started its work.

By imagining Earth at the center of a celestial sphere, ... oldest evidence for stellar coordinates from Hipparchus was an 8th-century A.D. Latin translation of a poem about the constellations ...

Gaze at the night sky enough, and you’ll begin to find all kinds of geometric patterns among the stars. Points are easy; so are lines connecting two ...

From Mars & Regulus to Saturn near the Moon and Venus at dawn, the night sky dazzles June 13-19, 2025. Spot deep-sky gems and ...

The opening show projection showed the galaxy and the movement of celestial objects when they found something strange in the ...

Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing it as a planet. Credit: NASA/JPL / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain.

During the 25-month mission, the Center will “obtain spectra toward every position on the celestial sphere” every six months using infrared light, according to Melnick.

According to Hawaiian Voyaging Tradition, wayfinders memorize and use the positions of the stars to give them directional clues. The website says Nainoa Thompson [CEO of the Polynesian Voyaging ...

At Lorna Simpson’s Show, a Constellation of Galactic and Human History In celestial hues the artist’s turn to the cosmos, and abstraction, bring us back to vital matters on earth. Listen to ...

Apart from being the oldest sculpture of Atlas found to date, the work is significant because it shows the first known representation of the celestial sphere. It depicts the night sky as seen from ...