Discover this year's most exciting new astronomy products selected by Astronomy's contributing editor and gear guru, Phil ...

Astronomers can use lensing to learn about everything from the makeup of the universe to the nature of extrasolar planets.

The planet Mercury stands 25° east of the Sun. View the solar system’s smallest planet, along with the crescent Moon, in the ...

The Red Planet passes through M44, also known as the Beehive Cluster, a bright group of young stars in Cancer the Crab.

Integrity served as a deep-space testbed for technology that could aid cancer patients, serve remote clinics, and supercharge ...

With no Moon in the sky, it’s the perfect time to look for the so-called false dawn before sunrise: the zodiacal light.

GIMLI will probe the Marius Hills Pit for a hidden lava tube that could shelter astronauts and reveal the Moon's volcanic ...

This dense globular cluster is the only Messier object in Capricornus, perfectly positioned for evening observing in the Sea ...

The Red Planet plows through an open cluster, Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation, and New Moon brings darkness in ...

Since ESA’s Herschel observatory went dark in 2013, no space telescope has been observing in the far-infrared. NASA's new ...

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Ohio State Univ./J. Rodriguez et al; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Edmonds Translucent layers of light captured by ...