Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bright blue star in the night sky. According to a legend, more than two centuries ago, a famous Paris astronomer used to stand ...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy LEDA 48062 in the constellation Perseus. LEDA 48062 is the faint, sparse, amorphous galaxy on the right side of the image, and ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant, 500-light-year-wide cavity between two star-forming regions in the constellations Perseus and Taurus. An ancient supernova could be the culprit.

The mythological stories that surround the various star groups seldom involve more than one or two constellations at a time. In this month’s early evening Colorado sky, however, an interested observer ...