ASTRONOMERS have spotted a stunning cosmic butterfly with glowing “wings” deep in space. The mind-blowing display is actually ...

Michigan State University astrophysicists are closing in on one of space science’s biggest mysteries: where the galaxy’s most ...

Long before rockets and satellites reached space, the Crab Nebula stood out as a steady beacon of high-energy light. At its ...

The students named it Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lani, which means Heavenly ʻŌhiʻa Rains, inspired by a traditional Hawaiian story.

Some deep-sky objects stand on their own. Others pair up with notable companions. Occasionally, the surrounding star field ...

Four Hawaiʻi Island high school students in July — participants in the first Project Hōkūlani summer internship program ...

In the silent expanse of space, a celestial butterfly made of stardust unfurls its radiant wings. The Butterfly Nebula – a ...

November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are shown at once: the noisy, showy Milky Way crowds the north with its starry ...

The night sky remains one of photography's most captivating and challenging subjects – endlessly vast, enormously mysterious and deeply rewarding to capture. Each year, the Royal Observatory Greenwich ...

Skywatching summer’s celestial firmament is awe-inspiring throughout the entire season, but observing beneath August’s skies is particularly gratifying. August is when it all comes together, when the ...