Grab your telescope and join us on a sightseeing tour, before the moon returns to spoil the fun!

Planet groupings occur every few years and are visually appealing but not rare. While some social media claims exaggerate ...

If confirmed, this disappearing act might provide the closest and best observational evidence for the birth of a black hole ...

Each year as Ramadan approaches, more than 2 billion Muslims around the world prepare for a month of fasting, prayer and communality. But Ramadan does ...

When Muslims arriving in the UK tried to sight the new crescent Moon, they would often struggle – in part due to a very British problem: the cloudy weather.

Pew pew pew. The European Southern Observatory has released a breathtaking photo of the Milky Way shining over the Paranal Observatory in Chile, as lasers create artificial "guide stars" in the ...

Planetary parades, or alignments, take place when major planets in the solar system appear aligned from our viewpoint on ...

The simplest way to differentiate between planets and stars is by observing their light - if it twinkles, it's likely a star ...

Planetary parades, or alignments, take place when major planets in the solar system appear aligned from our viewpoint on ...

Feb. 17's annular solar eclipse occurred as the lunar disk slipped between the sun and Earth during its new moon phase. The alignment occurred as the moon travelled through a distant point in its ...

Sky lovers in areas where this phenomenon is visible will be able to enjoy this unique astronomical event, when the Moon appears to glow a bright red.

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align in the night sky shortly after sunset, with some visible to the naked eye.