Inflation and budget issues are threatening to hobble NASA’s most in-demand telescopes.

Today in the history of astronomy, an eclipse record helps illuminate the timeline of the ancient world.

The Red Planet stands less than a degree from Leo the Lion’s brightest star in the evening sky tonight, visible in the west.

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and its smaller companion NGC 5195 are excellent targets tonight before the Moon rises.

Wachmann, also known as Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, glows at 13th magnitude near Leo’s forefoot early this evening.

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Although the repeating cycle of sunspots was first seen in the mid-18th century, the fact that the Sun went through cycles ...

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June’s Full Moon is also called the Strawberry Moon, but don’t let the name fool you — it won’t be turning pink in the sky!

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Although the Astronomer Royal post is largely honorary today, it has long been a title awarded to the most prominent ...