The solar system’s largest planet shines bright as the Moon wanes and Saturn’s moons dance in the sky this week.

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

The celestial object described is an open cluster, NGC 7789, possessing an apparent magnitude of 6.7 and located between 5th-magnitude Sigma Cassiopeiae and 6th-magnitude Rho Cas, known by several ...

Today in the history of astronomy, one of the brightest and most famous scientific minds of the modern era is born.

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.