It’s International Dark Sky Week, a worldwide celebration that was started in 2003 to raise awareness about light pollution.

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

While the number of meteors per hour could vary, there is a chance to see many of them race across the sky after the Lyrid ...

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

A rare astronomical event will take place Saturday as a super new moon ... dark sky, making it invisible to the naked eye. Still, the dull moonlight will bring darker night skies, allowing the ...

In a state that offers roughly 30 million acres of protected federal and state land and the third-lowest population density ...

Idaho prosecutors want to use National Weather Service records in Bryan Kohberger's student murders trial that show fog, clouds and a night unfit for stargazing.

The Moon, Venus, and Saturn are expected to briefly align into a rare formation resembling a “smiley face” this week, Nasa ...

Based in Somerset, southwest England, astrophotographer and night-sky conservationist Josh Dury has dedicated his career to ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from ...

According to Culbertson, Venus will be the higher of the two “eyes” while Saturn will be the lower, and the thin, crescent ...