See that bright object in the sky? That’s Andromeda – the closest major galaxy to our Milky Way and the most distant thing ...

No matter your observing experience or equipment, January 2026 provides many impressive astronomy events to kick off the new ...

From volcanic landscapes to world-class observatories, a journey through the Canary Islands reveals a night sky unlike ...

The last quarter moon is on January 10, and new moon is on January 18. The waxing crescent moon is just above Saturn on ...

NASA have released a photograph capturing a vivid image of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy just 160,000 light-years away ...

It used to be said that you could test your eyesight by counting the number of stars visible to the unaided eye. The best nights to try this are around January 19 when the Moon is new ...

Astronomers from Cardiff University, UK, have employed the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) ...

Strange cosmic events are unfolding, as nearly all of Andromeda's satellite galaxies align toward the Milky Way, defying our ...

What will we see in the southern sky in 2026? A total eclipse of the moon (at a convenient time), a blue moon and a supermoon ...

Gas cloud collisions during galaxy mergers compress interstellar material, triggering new star formation, as observed in interacting systems studied by NASA and reported by Universe Today.

Hubble reveals a chaotic spiral galaxy whose close encounter with a neighbor has ignited a spectacular burst of star birth.

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy 160,000 light-years away, is one of the Milky Way’s closest neighbours.