Astronomers recently built a precise radio map of the Milky Way’s southern midline, showing 98,000 radio sources.

Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

An international team led by ICREA researcher Mark Gieles, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of ...

The November full moon will be the closest and brightest all year. Here's how Illinois residents can catch a glimpse.

For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of stars, primordial relics of the early universe. And ...

Located in the constellation Leo, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 has long been a favorite among astronomers. NGC 3370 is part of a ...

For centuries, people have looked to the stars to understand themselves, trusting the zodiac signs to reveal personality, ...

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...

Over the first weekend of the month, the Moon and Saturn will appear close together, a rare and easily visible celestial ...

The most prominent clouds here are RCW 94, which represents the right wing of the bat, and RCW 95, which forms the body, while the other parts of the bat have no official designation. Credit: ...

Halloween is upon us and the 2025 spooky season is abuzz with talk of three cosmic visitors — Comet Lemmon, Comet SWAN and the interstellar traveler 3I ATLAS — said to be haunting the night sky. But ...