April’s new moon brings dark skies, making it easier to see Venus, Jupiter, Mars and key constellations along with distant ...

In 2014, a strange cloudy object called G2 made a close approach to Sagittarius A*, (Sag A*) the supermassive black hole at ...

Look to the west shortly after sunset on April 17 to find Venus appearing as a bright evening star 15 degrees from the ...

IC 486 is a barred spiral galaxy, which means that it is a spiral galaxy — or a galaxy with a spiraling disk with "arms" that ...

Want to make a wish on a shooting star? Up to 10-20 can be seen per hour during the Lyrid Meteors' peak in April.

On a chilly yet beautifully clear evening last November, I sat on a video call with colleagues and happened to mention the ...

Above the Arctic Circle and below the Antarctic, the sun can stay high through the night or fail to rise at all. Here’s where ...

In a galaxy 500 million light-years away, two supermassive black holes could merge, spreading gravitational waves across the ...

For the last five years, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has been systematically scanning the night sky.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has completed its originally planned five-year mission and mapped more than ...

Dark skies” refers to areas minimally impacted by artificial light, and such skies are becoming harder to find as light pollution intensifies worldwide, dimming the stars and negatively impacting ...

The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce organized a gala on March 28 after hearing that their guests wanted more formal events.