Over half of the 88 official constellation names are attributed to the ancient Greeks. The International Astronomical Union governs the naming of these star-formed “patterns.” The first known ...

Oh NASA, how we love thee. Let us count the ways that you thrill us: with seriously spooky sounds from space, with rockets destined for the Sun, and now€”perhaps most graciously€”with a new map ...

When you look up on a clear night, the stars shining overhead appear sprawled randomly across the sky. But for thousands of ...