In a monastery library on the Sinai Peninsula, a devotional handbook by the monk John Climacus sat quietly for centuries ...

Starfield is all about taking into the skies above and exploring the deepest corners of the galaxy, including its more than 1000 explorable planets. To do that, though, you’ll need to make use of the ...

When, in 2023, Star Wars: Ahsoka made it clear that much of the plot would hinge on finding missing pieces to the astronomical map, Star Wars fans heaved a collective deep sigh. Here we go again. In ...

Once you know how to use a star map, finding your way around the night sky is easy. Credit: Creators.com illustration I’ve been finding my way around the night sky with a star map for more than six ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The newfound exoplanet HIP 99770 b (circled), as imaged by Japan's Subaru Telescope. Data from Europe’s star-mapping Gaia ...

We connected with Florian Winkler to learn how he created such an elegant and informative map that invites exploration.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That’s something astronomers have been attempting to do since before the invention of the telescope. It has long been believed ...

If you explore the night sky it won't be long before you realize there is a lot of dust and gas up there. The interstellar dust between the stars accounts for 1% of the mass of the interstellar medium ...

The discovery has also revealed star coordinates, meaning Hipparchus was the first to use them for determining the positions of those stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

On June 13, at 6 A.M. ET, astronomers around the world descended on the Gaia Archive: the landing Web page for every last bit of data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Milky Way–mapping Global ...

The approach could lead to many more exoplanets being directly detected and imaged. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers ...