Far from waging galactic warfare, astronomers use these lasers to create "artificial stars" in order to measure atmospheric ...

On May 3, the Moon will pass just 0.5° south of the bright star Antares, with parts of the Southern Hemisphere experiencing an occultation. The same week, astronomers released a Dark Energy Camera ...

The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good. The U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab ...

Astronomers have captured the Sombrero Galaxy’s vast halo and stellar stream in unprecedented detail using the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera in Chile. The image shows the halo stretching over three ...

May’s sky features not one but two full moons as well as the dazzling Eta Aquarids meteor shower. Here’s when to look up for ...

May’s night skies turn the skywatcher’s gaze away from the dazzling brilliance of the Milky Way and toward grand walls, ...

The Sombrero galaxy looks like a work of science fiction in a stunning new image showcasing its hat-shaped appearance in ...

An enormous halo stretching perhaps 150,000 light-years across surrounds the Sombrero Galaxy in the constellation Virgo.

A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the ...

This galaxy, also known as Messier 104, gets its nickname from its central bulge and outer dust trail, which give it a ...