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.

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 ...

The Perseid meteor shower will peak from the evening of Aug. 12 into the early morning of Aug. 13. The best viewing for L.A.

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 ...

Four-point stars, decorated with a wide variety of colors and designs, are scattered among artworks created by those ages 2 ...

Constellation is now undertaking a $1.6 billion effort to restart the nuclear power plant, which will supply 835 megawatts of ...