Rocket Lab successfully launched its Electron rocket on Thursday, June 26, from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New ...

Today in the history of astronomy, an asteroid flattens 830 square miles of Siberian forest.

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out sometime soon and observe the great globular ...

Mercury stands less than 3° from the Beehive Cluster in the evening sky, preparing to cross through the cluster’s outskirts ...

Based on the novel by Andy Weir, 'Project Hail Mary' takes one science teacher light-years from Earth on a vital mission to save humanity.

Born June 29, 1868, in Chicago, George Ellery Hale revolutionized American astronomy by, among other things, championing the ...

The bright morning star Venus crosses from Aries into Taurus, closing in on Uranus for a conjunction later this week.

Two distant planets lie 1° apart in the morning sky, visible together in the same field of view through binoculars or a telescope.

On his first trip to the Grand Canyon Star Party, Dave Eicher joins thousands for a week of lectures, observing, and cosmic ...

Felton Davis offered thousands of strangers a close-up view of the Moon and planets orbiting New York City. Now he’s passing ...

Charles Messier was born in Badonviller, France, on June 26, 1730, the 10th child of court bailiff Nicolas and his wife ...