The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars ...

Skywatching summer’s celestial firmament is awe-inspiring throughout the entire season, but observing beneath August’s skies ...

Don't miss the waxing crescent moon shine alongside Spica and the stars of the constellation Virgo in the hours following ...

Bellis and other volunteers from the group helped visitors view sights like the moon, Mars, and the Hercules Cluster, a tight ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

To celebrate International Dark Sky Week 2025, we've put together a list of 10 night sky objects visible over the coming days that showcase the majesty of the post-sunset realm.

While orbiting telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope give researchers a unique view of ...

Stars are more colorful than you think! Patience will reveal them; head outside tonight to see summer’s multi-hued stars.

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are ...

And the night sky would not be completely lit up. If you wait even longer, eventually the stars will all burn out – stars like the sun last only about 10 billion years.

Of course the sky is dark at night.” But that answer is wrong or, at best, incomplete, and the actual situation wasn’t obvious even to eminent scientists a century or so ago.