Nishimura comet, named after amateur astronomer who discovered it in August, will be visible this week before dawn across Northern Hemisphere, including in Israel

Moon comes unusually close to Earth; is full for the second time in August, earning the celestial display the 'blue' moniker

Team lead by Israeli-American astronomer Avi Loeb is searching for remains of star-traveling IM1, which crashed into Pacific Ocean

Two super-bright galaxies from universe's earliest years point to stars possibly being formed 100 million years before previously thought, though more data needed to verify claim

Scholars at the Washington, DC, Museum of the Bible uncover part of Greek astronomer Hipparchus’ long-lost map of the stars, attesting to the accuracy of his measurements

Scientists believe it came from event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth; flash impacted long wave radio communications in Earth's ionosphere

David Dayag, a self-taught astronomer, is getting attention for his time-lapse photos, showing the fire and fury at the center of the solar system as if it were next door

Undeterred by naysayers or controversy, Prof. Avi Loeb stuck to his guns about a rare 2014 space rock -- and his findings have finally been vindicated by the US government

Images from orbiting system reveal indications of GLASS-z13, a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, just 300 million years after Big Bang

Stephen Hawking warned of danger of contacting aliens with superior tech, saying they could destroy humanity; others say advanced civilization would already know of our existence