Summer meteor shower season is well underway now that three seperate showers are lighting up the night sky – including the ...

Stargazing has become a surprisingly accessible adventure thanks to designated dark sky places popping up all across the U.S.

Death Valley is a certified International Dark Sky Park. It is No. 2 on the list of the best national parks for star gazing after Great Basin National Park in Nevada. Enterprising ...

Though it appears as a softly glowing cloud against the darker sky, what we see is so much more remarkable. This is the rim of our galaxy’s disk arching across the sky. Its hazy appearance, of course, ...

The sky in Modesto and Sacramento is expected to be cloudless on Tuesday night, when the best galaxy viewing conditions begin, according to to the National Weather Service’s seven-day forecast.

Exploring deserts at night is a different kind of experience, with boundless open skies and innumerable stars making for a spectacular view ...

The full moon will peak on Wednesday, June 11, at 12:44 a.m. PT, according to USA TODAY. A moon will appear full for a couple of days, said NASA, so you do have some time to look up at the sky ...

Some observatories that used to be dark and remote are now adjacent to bright urban centers. And sending all telescopes into ...