Look to the eastern sky, and a clear horizon will show you this unusual, grinning planet alignment thanks to the crescent ...

In a star’s core, fusion takes terrific temperature and pressure that is provided by the crushing gravity of the star’s ...

Venus is very bright right now and can be seen with the naked eye just after sunset. Using a telescope, backyard astronomers ...

During the opening week of “Cosmic Splendor,” Van Cleef & Arpels will present its newest “Extraordinary Object” within the ...

The PRIME telescope, operated by Osaka University and others in South Africa, which can potentially study the Milky Way's ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University ...

Skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere are in for a treat this week! The annual Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest known, ...

The night sky will dazzle this week as the Lyrid meteor shower kicks off its annual display, marking the return of one of the oldest and most reliable celestial shows of the year.

The Lyrid meteor shower — "considered one of the oldest and most reliable celestial shows of the year" — will overlap the Eta ...

Spring in the northern hemisphere brings with it the promise for the Lyrids, the first good meteor shower of the season.

With space-themed costumes, music echoing through the gym and a parade of smiling participants, this year’s Kent’s Fest at Commonwealth University–Lock Haven was truly “Out of this World.” The 21st ...