The Griffith Observatory is holding a public and online viewing of something called the "major standstill northern moonrise" on early Sunday evening. So what is it exactly?

On Dec. 15, 1612, the Andromeda galaxy was seen through a telescope for the first time by a German astronomer named Simon Marius. The Andromeda galaxy is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way, and ...

December’s full moon, dubbed the cold moon, will reach the crest of its full phase early Sunday. Here’s the best way to view ...

December's full moon also coincides with the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, which should be most active on the night of Dec. 13.

"This is a photo of a Geminid meteor shower that occurred at 1:13:40 on December 14, 2024, captured by a camera looking north ...

Called the Selene project, the initiative by Italy’s national space agency, ASI, focuses on developing the Moon Energy Hub ...

Jim Bridenstine, who served as NASA administrator during Trump’s first term, stated, “Jared’s vision for pushing boundaries, ...

The planet named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology is visible all night long right now, rising in the east at ...

One type of star that emits pulsing signals is a type of neutron star called a pulsar, the collapsed core of a massive star that has gone supernova. Pulsars emit beams of radio waves as they spin, so ...