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

For the next few weeks, the planet Mars will form an isosceles triangle with the two bright stars marking the heads of the ...

“When it’s brightest, Venus appears as an eerily eye-catching beacon,“ EarthSky wrote. ”Many mistake it for a UFO. It’s ...

France’s Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park has been officially designated as an International Dark Sky Reserve, recognizing the collective efforts of the region.

The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

The four-planet lineup that began in January concludes by mid- to late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the ...

For a brief moment at the end of February, every planet will appear in the night sky simultaneously in a rare celestial ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

The four-planet lineup that began in January concludes by mid- to late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the sky each night after sunset, according to NASA. While Mercury will briefly ...

San Francisco's night sky transformed into a giant ad with branded drone shows promoting labels and parties for NBA All-Star ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), ...

From supermoons to a total eclipse to the national park’s biggest and best-attended star parties, these are the must-see celestial shows of the year ...