Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

A stellar nursery hidden in Scorpius, the Dark Tower is a glowing, wind-sculpted cloud of gas shaped by young stars’ ...

Sculptor constellation in the southern hemisphere. The Knife Edge Galaxy, NGC 5907, is about 50 million light-years from Earth, lying in the northern ... [+] constellation of Draco. The barred ...

October belongs to Pegasus and the water constellations, which float through the southern sky after nightfall. Reigning supreme high in the south are the Great Square of Pegasus and, stretching from ...

February stargazing is fantastic for many reasons, but this year there’s a one-two-three punch of bright planets adding to ...

With a new moon on the 15th, February’s darkest skies come in mid-month. Use the moonless evenings to enjoy the bright winter constellations, which dominate the southern sky after nightfall.

As our eyes slowly adjusted to the gazillion pinprick stars above, Wiesner pointed out constellations: Orion’s Belt, consisting of three bright stars; the Southern Cross, the famous navigation ...