A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

From two meteor showers to the second supermoon of the year, here are the top astronomy events to mark down on your November ...

For centuries, people have blamed the full moon for stirring up madness. Folklore suggested that its glow could spark mania ...

Here's where Comet 3I/ATLAS, Lemmon and SWAN are in the Halloween sky.

Astronomers have captured a haunting image of a “cosmic bat” spreading its wings across deep space. This nebula, 10,000 light-years away, glows crimson as newborn stars ignite clouds of gas and dust.

The James Webb Space Telescope has looked back into deep time to find “rubies” or “little red dots” stretched across the ...

Astronomers have unveiled the largest low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way ever created, offering a sprawling, ...

NASA has paused operations of the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) aboard the International Space Station ...

The gas giant WASP-18b belongs to a class known as ultra-hot Jupiters — giant, searing, gaseous planets that orbit perilously close to their stars. Researchers used a new technique called ...

Learn more about the Society of Physics Students with SPS Director and AIP Student Engagement Officer Alejandro de la Puente ...

Nov. 6: The full beaver supermoon is at 11:47 p.m. Eastern Time and rises at sunset in the East. This is the first full supermoon of 2025 and the largest and brightest full moon of 2025. Should be a ...

Halloween is upon us and the 2025 spooky season is abuzz with talk of three cosmic visitors — Comet Lemmon, Comet SWAN and the interstellar traveler 3I ATLAS — said to be haunting the night sky. But ...