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NGC 2359 glows in the constellation Canis Major. (Image credit: Ronald Brecher) The god of thunder appears to have misplaced his helmet in a new deep-space photo from Ronald Brecher,

A closeup of the nearby Triangulum galaxy, also known as Messier 33. (Image credit: ESO/A. Feltre, F. Belfiore, G. Cresci et al.) The aptly named Very Large Telescope captured a

We were expecting a show this weekend and boy did the sky deliver! Stunning northern lights lit up skies across the U.S. as a series of powerful geomagnetic storms sparked

Heads up, stargazers! The waxing crescent moon will glide close to the Pleiades tonight and tomorrow (March 22-23), putting on a gorgeous display as its upturned crescent shines close to

How do you unravel the universe’s deepest secrets when the data piles up faster than we can make sense of it? It’s a bit like being handed a zillion puzzle

Astronomers are up in arms, protesting against a proposed constellation of tens of thousands of orbiting mirrors intended to reflect light onto ground-based solar power plants and SpaceX’s envisioned one

A Russian cargo spacecraft will launch toward the International Space Station on Sunday morning (March 22), and you can watch the action live. A Soyuz rocket topped with the robotic

With NASA’s Artemis 2 rocket and spacecraft rolling back out to the launch pad for an upcoming moon mission launch, and March being Women’s History Month, now is the ideal

Artemis Imminent – Artemis II Back on the Pad! – YouTube Watch On On Episode 202 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Mike

A world, cold and alone, drifting through the inky blackness between star systems. Sounds pretty desolate, right? We’re talking about free-floating planets, those cosmic wanderers that don’t bother with orbiting