In an extraordinary celestial coincidence, two "new stars" -scientifically known as novae -are currently visible to the naked ...

Less than two weeks later, on June 25, reports began to circulate of a second nova blossoming in the southern night sky, this ...

The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, says Abigail Beall ...

On the 15th, it spans 9.9″ and the Sun illuminates 22 percent of its Earth-facing hemisphere. The planet disappears in ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

One member of this stellar quartet — Sigma — provides the Southern Hemisphere’s best Pole Star.

Southern astronomers get to see the Milky Way’s core overhead and enjoy many star clusters and nebulae that are hidden for us in the north.

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed large-scale radio observations of a ...

The meteor shower is one of the best astronomical viewing events of the year and can be seen across the globe, though those in the Southern Hemisphere are treated to the best view.

Although it refers almost exclusively in detail to the more remarkable objects of the southern hemisphere, the author has managed to interweave a good deal of interesting information which is ...