I'd often spot a star in the sky at night and say: "Wow ... For the LMC, its brightest region should show up in the sky as a bar about 10 times as long and twice as wide as the full moon, according to ...

For less than $400, it's possible to observe places like the star-forming regions at the center of our galaxy.

A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

There is a region of the sky where astronomers fear to look. Filled with dark clouds of dust, it hides an unseen mass. A mass ...

The Local Hot Bubble was first suggested over 50 years ago, with scientists theorising that a series of supernovas - massive ...

A team led by Dante Minniti and including Vatican Observatory scholars maps the Milky Way in stunning detail. Built from ...

The European Southern Observatory’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). However, this new map shows that our galaxy looks very different when seen ... This window reveals ...

or which of the changes between nightly images of the same part of the sky have a real exploding star in them, amidst any of ...

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

I've added arrows to show how you can use Orion (shown in the center of the map below) to hop around the summer sky. To learn ...

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

Let us talk about celestial navigation lessons for combat pilots and the first cosmonauts, interactive exhibits, a film ...