Beginning to familiarize yourself with the night sky can feel daunting—with so many pinpricks of light above, parsing the constellations or identifying individual stars can be a lofty task. One ...

At night, after the sun sets and its scattered light diminishes, the sky gets darker. But does it get completely dark—that is, with absolutely no light coming from between the stars? Nope.

Astronomy Stargazing: Spot stars in the night sky with these tips Find stars, constellations and planets using these smart tips By Ashlyn Messier Fox News Published August 8, 2023 5:00am EDT Flipboard ...

People around the world are seeing fewer and fewer stars in the night sky. The change in star visibility can be explained by an increase in the sky brightness of 7-10 percent per year.

The Night Sky This Week: April 10-16, 2023 Every eight years Venus passes through one of the most beautiful star clusters in the night sky. That will next happen in 2028, but this week the bright ...

You could get extremely lucky and notice one as it vanishes from the night sky, but in all likelihood if you see the light as it was sent out up to 4,000 years ago, the star is likely there today.

I remember the first time I realized it's possible to see Jupiter without a telescope. I'd often spot a star in the sky at night and say: "Wow, that one is so bright!" Then, eventually, I used one ...

Astronomers have spotted two bright "new stars" shining simultaneously in the night sky: V572 Velorum (left) and V462 Lupi (right). This may be the first time that more than one nova has been ...

More A second "new star" has unexpectedly appeared in the night sky, less than two weeks after a near-identical point of light first burst into view without warning. These never-before-seen "stars ...

Beginning to familiarize yourself with the night sky can feel daunting—with so many pinpricks of light above, parsing the constellations or identifying individual stars can be a lofty task. One ...