Overall, the citizen scientists identified 10,001 eclipsing binary pairs. Of those, 7,936 were previously unknown.

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

Sculptor—officially labeled NGC 253—is considered a starburst galaxy, one heavy with stellar action. It's located 11 million light-years away in the Southern Hemisphere's constellation Sculptor, and ...

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

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

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

Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...

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

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

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

Each hemisphere is distinct in its own right. An excellent method to comprehend Earth's diversity is to look at the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, which have various seasons and stars in the sky.

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...