This artist wanted to speed paint an image of the night sky. After laying down a deep blue background, they splattered white stars on their canvas. Once they laid down the foundation, they added ...

The Pleiades, Ptolemy's Cluster, the Large Magellanic Cloud — here's how to center the sky's brightest deep-sky wonders in your scope.

AS I gaze upwards, my eyes are greeted by dozens of brilliant white stars glittering across the deep blue midnight sky.

Deep Dive Take back the night: Establishing a “right to darkness” could save our night skies Dark sky proponents mull the rights of nature to battle light pollution. Here's how it would work ...

A yellow building stands out against the deep blue sky and people gather on the terrace, adding to the lively scene. Van Gogh's masterpiece has beautifully captured the magic of night, and the ...

At night, after the sun sets and its scattered light diminishes, the sky gets darker. But does it get completely dark—that is, with absolutely no light coming from between the stars?

A stunning blue light likely caused by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fuel illuminated the night skies over Europe on Monday.

The first edition of The Sky at Night was shown on 24 April 1957. It was introduced by Paul Johnstone, but featured Patrick Moore, who presented the programme until his death in December 2012 ...

The night sky is set to greet the “blue supermoon ”, as a reasonably rare celestial phenomenon appears in the sky. The event happens when a blue moon combines with a supermoon.

How to Find the Ten Brightest Stars in the Night Sky From Aldebaran to Vega, these gleaming beacons dazzle Northern Hemisphere viewers at various times of the year and provide a useful entry point ...

Deep-sky photography involves capturing images of nebulae, galaxies and star clusters, which are too small and distant to see with normal lenses – so you normally require a telescope. However, you ...