Astrophotographer captures Pleiades 'Seven Sisters' glowing through ghostly blue veil
An astrophotographer captured the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters, surrounded by a delicate blue nebula in a recent image. The …
Hunting the Elusive Eta Aquariid Meteors
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower returns this May, offering northern hemisphere observers a chance to witness one of the year's most prolific meteor dis…
Scientists learn how much baby stars in Orion weigh — by watching their dance moves
Radio astronomers have directly measured the masses of young binary stars in Orion's star-forming gas clouds, validating theoretical models of stellar…
Did decaying dark matter help create the universe's first supermassive black holes?
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected numerous supermassive black holes in the early universe, presenting a puzzle for astrophysicists. These ob…
Want to know my secret for learning the night sky? Welcome to sidewalk stargazing
Urban stargazers need not wait for dark-sky trips to learn the night sky. Walking through cities while observing overhead constellations and bright st…
What’s Up: May 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
# May 2026 Skywatching Guide May delivers three distinct celestial events for observers worldwide. The month opens with the Eta Aquariid meteor showe…
Backyard snapshot delivers stunning galaxy image | Space photo of the day for April 27, 2026
An amateur astronomer captured a striking photograph of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors. The image revea…
Starbirth shuts down 40,000 light-years from the Milky Way's core — and astronomers don't know why
Astronomers have discovered where star formation stops in the Milky Way's disk, finding the boundary sits just 40,000 light-years from the galactic co…
DECam's New Image of the Sombrero Galaxy: A Portrait of Ancient Mergers
The Dark Energy Camera, a 570-megapixel instrument at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, has captured a striking new portrait of the So…
Binary Stars Form Lots Of Exoplanets, But Many Of Them Are Ejected As Rogue Planets
Binary star systems produce exoplanets far more frequently than astronomers previously believed, according to new simulations. Researchers found that …