Find out what's up in your night sky during August 2026 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

Tabby's Star — the most mysteriously dimming star in the sky — may finally have an explanation: a peer-reviewed study finds a ...

The Perseid meteor shower happens when Earth passes through the trail left behind by the large comet, 109P/Swift-Tuttle.

Nine new Genshin Impact characters have been added to the free constellations event "To Temper Thyself and Journey Far." Learn more here.

China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory, or LHAASO, has spotted the most energetic photons ever recorded from a ...

If you're one of our European readers, then August is potentially a particularly big month. A full solar eclipse will sweep across parts of several countries including Spain and I ...

Mercury reaches its greatest western elongation, Iapetus passes close to Saturn, and the Moon occults the Pleiades in the sky ...

The formation and evolution of individual stars in a galaxy shape the evolution of the galaxy itself. Stars and stellar ...

As NASA joins up with Europe to plan a lunar astronaut base, one EU designer envisions robotically building a fantastical ...

NASA's Swift Observatory confirmed the existence of a faraway supermassive black hole — and also captured it devouring a ...

Astronomers captured the clearest evidence yet that another star orbits Betelgeuse. The likely companion appears two to three times heavier than the Sun and may circle Betelgeuse about once every six ...

"Scrubs" cast, including Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke, gather at PaleyFest LA for a screening and Q&A, discussing the show's lasting appeal. LOS ANGELES -- PaleyFest continues its celebration of ...