June kicks off as the sixth month of the calendar year, with the summer solstice occurring mid-month, marking the start of a ...

Travel 60 million light-years away into the constellation Virgo to catch a glimpse of interacting galaxies NGC 4568 and NGC 4567. The imagery of the galactic mash-up was captured by the Gemini North ...

June 20, 2025, brings us the summer solstice. Supposedly, that means warmer weather has finally arrived in Wyoming. This ...

MISTRAL is a new-generation receiver for observations at millimeter wavelengths, built as part of the recent project to upgrade the Sardinia Radio Telescope for the study of the high-frequency radio ...

By Deane Morrison As the summer stars move into prominence in the evening sky, the spring constellation Leo, the lion, slinks ...

This event marks the first real-time observation of a black hole transitioning from a quiescent to an active state.

Annually, beginning in late August, the sun moves through the sixth sign of the zodiac, Virgo, symbolized by the Virgin or the Maiden. Encompassing summer's last hurrah and leading into the Fall ...

In a surprising cosmic event, galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away, has dramatically lit up after ...

Abstract: Probabilistic constellation shaping (PCS) has been widely applied to amplified coherent optical transmissions owing to its shaping gain over the uniform signaling and fine-granularity rate ...

The new moon of May occurs on May 26. Two days later the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky, and the ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble image features NGC 4423, a spiral galaxy located 55 million light-years away in the Virgo constellation. Though it has an unusual, tube-like shape, it is still classified as a ...

A few winter constellations, most notably Gemini the Twins and Auriga the Charioteer, are still hanging out in the western ...