Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...

When, in 2023, Star Wars: Ahsoka made it clear that much of the plot would hinge on finding missing pieces to the astronomical map, Star Wars fans heaved a collective deep sigh. Here we go again.

One fan notices that you can spot real constellations in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and the North Star is actually aligned ...

Whether it's the upcoming planetary parade in late February, the Gamma Normid meteor shower in March or the stars and beyond ... having some of the best astronomy gear to hand.

Gaia, a mission designed to map stars, has accidentally become a planet hunter. Using precise astrometry, it detected stellar ...

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly The map below portrays the sky as seen near 35° north latitude. Located inside the border are the cardinal directions and their intermediate points. To find stars ...

In the darker moon-free evenings of late March, looking due south at 10pm is the constellation of Leo. Its brightest star is Regulus, which also marks the bottom of a distinctive ‘backwards question ...

The $488-million mission is set to map the sky in 102 colors of light, probing cosmic inflation, galactic ices, and the history of the universe’s first light.

New evidence suggests that conditions in the early universe may have shaped star formation in surprising ways.

from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can ...

Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...

They were able to make a model that revealed a unique network of spikes stretching up to 3 light-years from the original star, which was ... just the sort of pulsar map we were discussing.