June offers a celestial spectacle, starting with the Milky Way's rise in dark skies. Venus shines brightly in the early ...

Look for them around 10 p.m. local daylight time, roughly one-quarter up in the western sky. In addition to their closeness ...

There are two ways to use a star map. First, we can go from the sky to the map. Suppose, for example, we spot a fairly bright star halfway from the southeastern horizon to the zenith (the map’s center ...

Leo sees action as both Mars and Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 move through; plus, spot galaxies and noctilucent clouds in the sky this week.

Planets, constellations, and meteor showers are only part of it. Stargazing in Wadi Rum is as much about feeling as it is ...

I’ve been finding my way around the night sky with a star map for more than six decades and have always found it quite easy. And then in 1994, I visited ...

Key Takeaways Advanced smartphone cameras now offer features tailored for low-light and night sky photography.Manual settings ...

As summer unfurls its warm embrace across the Northern Hemisphere, the night sky prepares to put on a dazzling display. For ...

A near-complete census of our interstellar neighborhood hopes to answer how stars, brown dwarfs and rogue planets form ...