Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier 81: NGC 3031 is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light ...

Explore the night sky with the best telescopes to suit every budget and experience level, perfect for observing February's Snow Moon and spectacular planetary parade. February is a great time to ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — 'Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new ...

Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy With Nine Rings Feb. 4, 2025 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic bullseye! The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine ...

Tonight's full Snow Moon will have a royal companion as it rises alongside Regulus, a star nicknamed "Heart of the Lion", in time for Valentine's Day.

Hosting an all-aluminum, 17.7-inch (45 centimeters) aperture Cassegrain telescope—not much bigger than a backyard telescope—Pandora is a small satellite, nothing like JWST. But the mission has ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of LEDA 1313424, the Bullseye galaxy, which measures 2.5x larger than the Milky Way. LEDA 1313424 has more rings than any other known galaxy in ...

Although you can easily view a full moon with the naked eye, a pair of good stargazing binoculars or a simple backyard telescope will reveal lunar craters and mountains in detail. The next full ...

Skywatchers in northern latitudes might even be able to catch a lunar occultation, when the moon appears to swallow a planet from the sky. Mars will vanish behind the moon around 1:09 p.m. EST and ...