Astronomers with the Wide Area Search for Planets have discovered a planet, dubbed WASP-17, that is twice the size of Jupiter. That makes it the largest planet ever discovered. Unlike any other planet discovered so far...

You would be forgiven if you thought this picture was a soap bubble in front of an astronomical picture. This is a picture of a planetary nebula that was overlooked until this month. Astronomers say it is either spherica...

The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century will move across part of the earth tomorrow. You'll be able to see it if you are certain parts of India, China, or Japan. The first who will be able to see it are the...

NASA's orbiting Chandra X-Ray Observatory snapped this shot of Stephan's Quintet, a group of five galaxies, four of which are currently in collision. Follow the link for a larger picture. Link Previously on Ne...

Are you familiar with these sixty symbols from p...  ...amiliar with these sixty symbols from physics and astronomy ? The University of Nottingham is following up on...

(Vimeo link) William Castleman shot this video of the night sky at the Texas Star Party in Fort Davis, TX April 21-22. Watch as the core of the Milky Way passes over. -via reddit...

This year is the International Year of Astronomy , so to help all of us armchair astronomers celebr...

Astrophotographer Thierry Legault took what is probably one of the most incredible photographs of the Sun. What's the big deal about the big yellow ball? Look closely:OK, so you look at it and say, "So what? It’s a pic...

I don't know about you, but each time I read thi...  ...University, where he is an assistant professor of astronomy . Its death throes produced so much energy that...

The Big Picture Blog from the Boston Globe has pictures from NASA sent back by the Cassini spacecraft as it passed Saturn and its moons. Cassini has been functioning in space for almost five years now, and the pictures a...