A stunning blue light likely caused by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fuel illuminated the night skies over Europe on Monday.

The appearance of an extraordinary spiral of blue light in the sky above New Zealand has prompted amazement among stargazers - and theories ranging from aliens to black holes. Astronomer Alasdair ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Stargazers in parts of Europe were stunned by an unusual sight on Monday evening: a large, glowing blue spiral in the sky. Images and videos posted to social media showed ...

“You hate to see all this blue light put in, which is supposed to have a 20-year life cycle. I’m thinking, ‘Oh, god,’” Duriscoe says. Ironically, the spread of these lights will be ...

Glowing at magnitude 8, this edge-on spiral is some 30 million light-years from Earth. It boasts a thin, dark dust lane that blocks light across its center, which has earned it the name Sombrero.

How to see it in the night sky: The Whirlpool Galaxy is not only one of the easiest galaxies to see from the Northern Hemisphere, but it's also one of the grandest.

An amateur astrophotographer has captured a stunningly detailed view of the spiral galaxy Messier 106, which is located 24 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici.