On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

In its first attempt to study the direction of the light or the solar wind’s movement, the spacecraft captured color-coded ...

The Knife Edge Galaxy is located some 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco, according to NASA. NGC ...

The oldest representation of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy was found in an Egyptian sarcophagus, revealing ancient ...

Earth and space mingle in stunning ways for the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest. From the “geological masterpiece” of Coyote Buttes, Utah to the sandstone terrain of desolate Ennedi, ...

Deimos captured by the Perseverance rover just before sunrise on Sol 14 16 long-exposure images combined into a single 52-second night sky view Bright stars Regulus and Algieba shine through in Mars’ ...

Because the rover took the image in the dark with an almost one-minute exposure time, the scene appears hazy. Many of the white dots in the sky likely aren't distant stars but digital noise.

Although the Milky Way will soon come out to play in the night sky, you’ll need to follow a few steps in order to see its emergence. Find out how to watch our galaxy appear over the coming weeks, and ...

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HELENA — Big Sky Country had a big night on Friday. The Aurora Borealis made an impressive appearance for some, but it was not the only shimmering object in the night sky - a very strange white ...