This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

making stars and celestial bodies stand out against the night sky with an almost daylight-like quality. To ensure your night sky photos are not just bright but also sharp, focus is critical.

Or one of the stars in Orion? Nope! Sirius—the “Dog Star”—never seems to get the recognition it deserves. It’s the brightest star in the night sky by far, shining at a magnitude 1.4 ...

You can find the Bortle Scale level for your night sky using the interactive map tool at lightpollutionmap.info. These images show how many more stars you can see in truly dark skies, outside of ...

From the Beehive Cluster to planets and constellations, these are the best sights to search for over the next couple months.

A Dartmouth College professor has captured a photograph of a rare celestial event: the explosion resulting from two dying stars smashing into each other. The images ... the night sky, a Dartmouth ...

When she peered through a telescope during Great Basin National Park's astronomy program, she saw her first shooting star ... the night sky. Many have astronomy programs open and free to the ...