Astrophotographer Dan Zafra recently managed to capture rare red sprites flashing in the night sky with the Milky Way and glow from the Aurora Australis.
A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...
Jupiter is still a month from opposition, rising about 9 p.m. in the NE as November begins, and right after sunset by Thanksgiving. Saturn is the only planetary highlight in the evening now, in ...
The European Southern Observatory captured a nebula bat during a survey of the Milky Way's galactic plane. Astronomers have ...
Astronomers have released a spectacular new image of the Milky Way, providing a glimpse of our galaxy in unprecedented detail.
Photo credit: Rick Donaldson Halfway between Reno and Las Vegas, this old mining town feels like stepping back in time. The Mizpah Hotel looks like something from a Western movie. You can see the ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Partners interested in helping the Hill Country Alliance (HCA) preserve the night sky in the region can now apply for a grant. The applications for the program are open through October ...
NASA's powerful James Webb Space telescope has revealed a colorful spread of stars and cosmic dust in the Milky Way's most active star-forming region. The telescope was studying Sagittarius B2, a ...
Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for stargazers to catch a glimpse of the band of billions of stars. "Milky Way season," when the galaxy's ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a giant protostar blasting jets, seen diagonally here, on the edge of the Milky Way. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Yu Cheng / Joseph DePasquale In a ...
Our galaxy is pancake-flat, just like these. During the moonless midmonth periods of September and October, our rural skies face into the concentrated starry plane of the Milky Way. (Photo by Matt ...
Light pollution from the Alligator Alcatraz detention center is impacting Big Cypress National Preserve, one of the first designated "dark skies" locations in the eastern U.S. The light pollution is ...