Once inside the Met Gala, guests passed under a slew of flower petals suspended from the ceiling. An orchestra performed ...

Researchers have uncovered the earliest-known depiction of the Milky Way in coffin art depicting the Egyptian sky goddess Nut ...

The ancient Egyptians were astute astronomers. They often depicted the cosmos atop coffins. A new survey of such artwork ...

Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.

Ancient Egyptians appear to have depicted the Milky Way in their funerary art, according to a new study published in the ...

The glorious river of stars, interwoven with dark dust, that makes up the plane of the Milky Way in the night sky may have ...

The fascination with figuring out the part that the Milky Way may have played in the culture and religion of ancient Egypt ...

The moon, Saturn and Venus will create a rare smiley face in the sky later this week. Sometimes things line up in fun ways. That is set to happen early Friday morning in the night sky as the moon ...

The first edition of The Sky at Night was shown on 24 April 1957. It was introduced by Paul Johnstone, but featured Patrick Moore, who presented the programme until his death in December 2012 ...

and Mercury - line up in the night sky together alongside their dimmer siblings, the ice giants Neptune and Uranus. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events ...

Head’s up, skywatchers, as April closes out, the night sky will include a crescent moon alignment this week on Friday, April 25. The grouping of planets will include bright Venus, Saturn ...