The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will find the waxing gibbous moon above the southwestern horizon as the sun sets on July 3, with Spica ...

The largest digital camera ever built, it will photograph the entire southern sky in three nights. In just one night, it found 1,200 unknown asteroids.

Sculptor — officially labeled NGC 253 — is considered a starburst galaxy, one heavy with stellar action. It’s located 11 ...

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Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor galaxy is so detailed ...

If you have the chance to travel to the Southern Hemisphere, be sure to check out some must-see highlights. I had the opportunity in 2019 to view the July 2 total solar eclipse in Chile, where I ...

An observatory in Chile with the world's largest camera has published first images of star nurseries and galaxies. The Vera ...

Chile's ALMA observatory, which houses some of the world's most powerful telescopes, has captured its most detailed images to ...

Salmon farming is big business in Chile, and the U.S. is one of its largest markets. Yet the fish are not native, and fishermen say salmon are damaging ecosystems and an Indigenous way of life.

No matter how many times you see them, the northern lights, or aurora borealis—and their Southern Hemisphere equivalent, the aurora australis—are an ethereal, breathtaking sight. Dancing ...