The famous Greek astronomer Hipparchus introduced the magnitude scale ... Sirius, the most brilliant star in the night sky, ...

Astronomers from the Czech Republic and Argentina have employed the Gemini South telescope to observe a yellow supergiant ...

A super new moon won't be seen in Texas, but stars will be brighter than ever Saturday. Does Texas have any dark sky communities for stargazing?

Euclid has opened a new window to the cosmos with its first deep sky data release, revealing millions of galaxies, ...

Google has confirmed that a technical issue caused the deletion of timeline data for some Google Maps users ... For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.

The maps are part of a 40-year-old program in which the state Forestry and Fire Protection Department, or Cal Fire, periodically documents areas that are most prone to having a wildfire within the ...

The number of Altadena homes and business that must comply with stiffer wildfire building codes during reconstruction increased under new hazard maps released Monday, March 24, extending areas ...

Google Maps and other navigation apps may be the go-to for many people trying to find their way, but the traditional state highway road map still has staying power. “They are popular,” said ...

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), popularly known as the "Blaze Star," is surely on the verge of a rare and dramatic brightening. This recurrent nova, located approximately 3,000 light-years away in the ...

A puzzling new type of radio signal – lasting seconds to minutes – has been linked to a binary star system featuring a white ...