Let’s learn about Capella. It is the fourth brightest star we can see in Ellensburg. It is the brightest northerly star. It ...

Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover, accidentally cracked open a seemingly ordinary rock, revealing an unexpected yellow substance ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has shared its skywatching highlights - revealing what will light up the sky in July ...

Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...

Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or so ...

On June 22, the moon, Venus and the Pleiades star cluster will form an extraordinary celestial triangle in the predawn sky ...

Look to the east before sunrise on June 22 to catch the delicate form of the crescent moon shining with Venus alongside the Pleiades star cluster.

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.

NASA's new PUNCH spacecraft captured colorful images of the zodiacal light while testing out their sun-watching instruments.

A newly launched NASA mission, PUNCH, took its first rainbow image recently.

How is a globular cluster like M3 different from other star clusters we can see, like the Pleiades? NASA explains it this way: “Unlike open clusters like the Pleiades, which sit within the Milky ...

NASA's Pleiades supercomputer simulations suggest the spiral shape is influenced by the Milky Way's gravity. This discovery could redefine our understanding of the solar system's boundaries and ...