WASHINGTON (AP) — Time moves a tad faster on the moon. Now an international group of astronomers has joined calls to give the moon its own clock so that future space missions can keep track of minutes ...

Astronomers have created a planet-by-planet guide to our galaxy—detailing a catalog of thousands of exoplanets detected by NASA's Kepler mission. The Updated Catalog of Kepler Planet Candidates: Focus ...

Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor galaxy by a telescope in ...

Red indicates regions where extinction falls off more rapidly at long wavelengths (the red end of the spectrum), while blue indicates that extinction is less dependent on wavelength. Regions with ...