The portrait shows the giant nebula NGC 2014 and its neighbour NGC 2020, part of a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 163,000 light-years away. This Hubble Space Telescope image of the ...

Pismis 24 is a small open star cluster located in the core of the NGC 6357 emission nebula, which is about 8,000 light-years ...

This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see in the sky.

but in the Southern Hemisphere Rigel rises first, with Betelgeuse closer to the horizon as the constellation is "upside down.

November is a great month for viewing the night sky, with more hours of darkness, earlier sunsets, and plenty of celestial ...

They range from conspiracies about government agency response to accusations that The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The meteor shower on Nov. 17 will be emitting light from the Northern Hemisphere constellation of Leo, hence the astrologically familiar name. The NASA webpage dedicated to the Leonids says ...

The Orionids will be visible between September 26 and November 22, but will peak in activity in the early hours of October 21 this year.

Also called the “Southern Cross Lizard,” the dinosaur was named after the Southern Hemisphere constellation. What makes Prince’s discovery so special is that it is the only evidence of the ...

This irregular satellite galaxy is also visible from the Southern Hemisphere and closely interacts with the LMC. Located 205,500 light-years away in the Ursa Minor constellation, this small ...