The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...

Less than two weeks later, on June 25, reports began to circulate of a second nova blossoming in the southern night sky, this ...

In an extraordinary celestial coincidence, two "new stars" -scientifically known as novae -are currently visible to the naked ...

Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the ...

For the first time in anyone’s lifetime, the southern heavens are hosting not one but two naked-eye novae an event so rare ...

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed large-scale radio observations of a ...

Explore the key differences between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, including seasons, climate, constellations, and more, explained simply for students. Understand how Earth's tilt affects ...

One member of this stellar quartet — Sigma — provides the Southern Hemisphere’s best Pole Star. The actual pole resides a bit more than 1° from Sigma, ...

Southern astronomers get to see the Milky Way’s core overhead and enjoy many star clusters ... It’s also worth stopping by the planets and northern-sky objects while in the Southern Hemisphere.

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

The meteor shower is one of the best astronomical viewing events of the year and can be seen across the globe, though those in the Southern Hemisphere are treated to the best view.