You could get extremely lucky and notice one as it vanishes from the night sky, but in all likelihood if you see the light as it was sent out up to 4,000 years ago, the star is likely there today.

It was a dark and cloudy night. Bryan Kohberger, 30, was a Ph.D. student at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, Nov. 13, 2022, when prosecutors allege he took a short drive to the ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

An intermediate-mass star begins with a cloud that takes about 100,000 years to collapse into a protostar with a surface temperature of about 6,750 degrees F (3,725 degrees C).

July’s night skies are legendary for their sheer abundance of celestial objects such as immense star clouds, light and dark nebulae, crowded clusters and oddities. Daniel Zantzinger / Skywatcher ...

As gravity moves around starstuff, new stars are born from clouds of gas and dust. The LMC and SMC are particularly active hubs of star formation, ... glowing patches in the night sky.

Named Eos, the cloud of gas would appear huge in the night sky if visible to the naked eye and could shed light on solar system formation.

Noctilucent clouds, Earth's highest clouds, shine blue in the twilight sky from late May to August in the northern hemisphere — and all you need are your naked eyes.

To protect night vision, flashlights must be covered with red cellophane, available at the ranch, and late-comers are asked to dim their headlights. Clouds or Inclement weather will force ...