NGC 4536 is a starburst galaxy with rapid star formation due to gas compression. Its bar-like structure channels gas toward ...

The Giant Planet resembles a majestic golden star, and stands high in the southwest at nightfall during April; it sets around ...

In the early part of the month, look to the west at nightfall for the constellation that topped the wintry array of bright ...

Now we are officially in springtime, the days are getting longer, and the nights are shorter in the northern hemisphere.

Plus: A solar eclipse and an occultation of the Pleiades as our satellite skims through several constellations in the sky ...

April’s nights see some of the sky’s largest constellations, and from their vastness spring a laundry list of celestial and ...

In the early part of the month, look to the west at nightfall for the constellation Auriga, the charioteer, a polygon of stars set off by brilliant Capella.

NGC 4941 dazzles in a new Hubble image, showcasing star-forming regions and a supermassive black hole that dramatically ...

Sauk Prairie will get a glimpse of one of the two eclipses that will occur over the next thirty days. The total solar eclipse ...

On April evenings, look to the west to spot the bright winter constellations of Orion, Gemini, Taurus, Auriga, Canis Major and Canis Minor. They’ll be gone soon, so check them out while you can.