Columnist Justice B. Hill remembers the magic of starry nights from his youth and mourns how light and air pollution have ...

Every year, thousands of people visit Summit County to experience all the beauty that the Colorado Rocky Mountains have to ...

Researchers Find Unique Rock Carving, Could Be One of the First Attempts by Human Civilizations to Depict Sky It seems that, ...

The Perseid, 2 more meteor showers are lighting up the night sky in Mississippi this July and August. Know where, when to see the most shooting stars.

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.

A "new star" is shining in the constellation Lupus thanks to an unexpected stellar explosion within the Milky Way — and it can currently be seen with the naked eye from parts of North America ...

Libra and the Z stars are visible in the very low southern sky after evening twilight. You really need a good view of the southern horizon, one that doesn’t have much of a tree line.

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, and a rare cosmic lineup. SCIENCE 9 reasons to look up this May ...

Sirius is special, not so much that it is at the top of the list of the 21 brightest stars in the sky, but it also out-dazzles its nearest competitor, Canopus, the second brightest star by 0.8 of ...

This week, Aotearoa New Zealand officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance in the night sky of the star cluster also known as the Pleiades. Yet, ironically, the ...