Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...
'Planet parade' marches on in Connecticut's skies, just as 'galaxy season' begins for stargazers
Watchers of the Connecticut skies should be able to watch the planets line up for 'parade' in February, and the start of ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope creates largest photomosaic ever made of "train wreck" Andromeda galaxy with over 2.5 billion pixels
The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and can be seen with the naked eye on a clear autumn night as “a faint ...
How astronomers used gravitational lensing to discover 44 new stars in distant galaxy
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years away from the Milky Way.
What to see in the sky in February: 'Galaxy season' and great views of planets
With a lining up of planets and distant galaxies visible to the naked eye, there is a lot to see in the skies in February.