Stars and satellites are meeting more frequently in the night sky, raising vital questions about the future of astronomy.

A new study has looked into the so-called "red sky paradox" and the puzzling observation that intelligent life has sprung up ...

So how many stars are there? Given all of the above, astronomers estimate that the Milky Way contains around 100 billion stars, and there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe.

A discovery of binary stars could be the first step in building a more complete picture of how our galaxy formed, according ...

Doesn’t seem like much of a brainteaser, does it? Everyone knows the sky darkens at night because the sun sets … or more accurately, because our part of planet Earth rotates away from the sun, and ...

On a cool night in August, more than 100 people gathered in a dark corner on Frisco Main Street. The lights at the Frisco ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun its decade-long survey to scan the entire night sky every three days. To do this, it ...

It's great to see old astronomical observations come to light. Not only can these confirm or refute what's known about ...

A star found in the Large Magellanic Cloud is remarkably unpolluted by heavier elements, suggesting it is descended from the ...