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NASA’s next great space telescope will see 100 times more sky than Hubble. It’s about to arrive in Florida for launch in September.

The ESA shares the most detailed image of the Milky Way's galactic bulge in visible light. "Every point of light matters scientifically," on...

The exoplanet HD 80606 b has a weird, elliptical orbit that brings it perilously close to its home star, causing massive temperature fluctua...

The new space telescope will work in tandem with the Hubble Space Telescope to uncover more secrets of the universe.

In one of the year’s most striking naked-eye celestial events, Venus and Jupiter will appear to come within just 1.6 degrees of each other a...

NASA researchers also tested out the Psyche spacecraft’s other instruments to make sure they were working.

A new study has ranked the best U.S. national park sites for stargazing, with Death Valley National Park taking the top spot.

Mercury, Venus and Jupiter will gather low in the evening sky this weekend, giving skywatchers a brief chance to see three planets together...

Venus and Jupiter appeared to “kiss” in the twilight sky on June 9, reaching a spectacular conjunction that remains visible after sunset all...

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury are creating a dazzling display after sunset, with Venus and Jupiter moving toward a striking conjunction early n...

Venus and Jupiter will appear strikingly close after sunset on June 9, creating a dazzling planetary conjunction visible worldwide to the na...

July 2026 brings the Milky Way, Venus near Regulus, the Buck Moon, Mercury before dawn and the start of the Perseid meteor shower.