A mysterious bar-shaped cloud of iron has been discovered inside the iconic Ring Nebula by a European team led by astronomers ...

If you look halfway up in the northwest, you'll be able to see the familiar zigzag of five bright stars forming the ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday 9Cygnus may be sinking toward the horizon a few hours after ...

Over the years the Hubble Space Telescope has captured various images of space. These few images here are the example and ...

A new moon on Sunday, Jan. 18, means dark skies and some of the best stargazing conditions of the year. Here are the bright stars, constellations and objects to see.

While it’s possible to see the nebula with the naked eye, it’s far more difficult to spot than closer deep-space sights like ...

January is the best time of the year to see the Great Orion Nebula as it climbs high overhead in the winter sky. Look to the ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

January doesn’t skimp on cosmic sightseeing. The month begins with a vibrant supermoon, continues with the year’s best Jupiter view, and ends with multiple moon-planet conjunctions. Aurora activity ...

So I decided to build a low-cost DIY amplifying eyepiece, to make it easier for visitors to observe deep-sky objects but ...

Orion the Hunter is such a great constellation and I have to believe many stargazers share the same opinion. Even if you’re ...

January’s episode includes the final consecutive supermoon’s impact on an impressive meteor shower, plus a conversation with a space policy expert.