According to NASA, the planetary phenomenon will be clearest about 45 minutes before sunrise, low in the eastern sky and ...

For Hubble’s 35th anniversary, ESA has unveiled breathtaking new images of the star cluster Messier 72, a celestial gem ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is ...

You might be able to see the so-called 'smiley face' if you're just at the right spot. But this facial feature will only have ...

The Arecibo Message was not intended as an invitation to talk to aliens, but as a demonstration of human technological ...

Once mistaken for a fuzzy star cluster, the stunning Squid Galaxy—formally known as Messier 77—has transformed in the eyes of ...

Astronomers from Swinburne University in Australia and elsewhere have employed the Keck II telescope to investigate the ...

Scots astronomy lovers should gear up for a double whammy wonder this month as a meteor shower and awe-inspiring "cluster" will soon grace our skies. April brings shooting stars as Earth passes ...

The observed clusters had similar features to other globular clusters, suggesting Hubble was witnessing star clusters growing through the cannibalization of globular clusters at the cores of dwarf ...

IN 1915–18, Dr. Shapley published a remarkable series of researches on globular clusters which brought these remote objects into the forefront of astronomical interest. His results indicated an ...