Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

Central Avenue Beach Trail at Indiana Dunes National Park goes right along Lake Michigan. This trail is an easy hike, under a ...

along with the average cloud cover percentage on that date since 2000: Texas is home to several International Dark Sky Communities, designated by the International Dark-Sky Association for their ...

Three meteor showers are teaming up to spray fireballs across the night sky over Washington state. The Alpha Capricornids and ...

The Moon is set to peak in illumination at 4:36 p.m. EDT, meaning the best times to view it will be the night before, on July 10, or after sunset on July 11.

An illustration of the moon near Mars in the sky on Feb. 9, 2025. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) The moon makes for an excellent guide to see Mars in the night sky tonight.

The park is an excellent dark sky site and the park’s rangers conduct a variety of activities for you to enjoy. Virginia State Parks NOVAC General Meeting, George Mason University.

A “pink moon” will be shining in the night sky when the April moon of 2025 turns full this weekend. But it won’t actually look pink, and it will appear to be slightly smaller than an average ...

9 night sky events to see in June, from a strawberry moon to interstellar clouds This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions.

On Jan. 3, 2025, the "Evening Star" Venus and a waxing crescent moon crossed the night sky in an event known as a conjunction, where two objects share the same right ascension or celestial ...

An arcsecond is a very small angle on the sky; the full moon is more than two million square arcseconds in area.) A decently dark site in a rural area has a sky background of about 21 mag/arcsec 2.