An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This article is more than 3 years old. Centaurus A is the fifth brightest galaxy in ... the paper is a fascinating glimpse ...

One of the greatest puzzles for anyone who has just acquired a telescope is how to find objects in the night ... Andromeda Galaxy, number 31 in Messier's famous catalog of deep sky objects.

This stunning image is of the Andromeda Galaxy captured over the dark night sky in Portugal. Astrophotographer Miguel Claro took this image on July 27 from Monsaraz in the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve ...

In late May, the Milky Way Galaxy will appear as a vibrant band arching across the night sky. It will be more visible that usual over most of the Northern Hemisphere, according to science news ...

Look to the west-northwest sky in the evening to early night to see the spiral Andromeda Galaxy, the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way. According to NASA, it’s visible to the naked eye on ...