The first of our showers is the Delta Aquarids, with a broad three-day maximum running from July 29 through 31.

Perseid meteor shower is starting soon and will be visible in the night sky across the country for the next month ...

The Perseids meteor shower, often hailed as the year's most spectacular celestial show, is set to happen across our night ...

The Alpha Capricornids and Southern Delta Aquariids meteor showers, which will both peak July 30, also coincide with a third ...

Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

This is the spectacular moment a shooting star flashed across the night sky in Scotland. Dramatic footage captured by Adrian ...

How dark is dark? When you go outside on a clear, moonless night, you can see not only lots of stars but also the black space between them—literally space, in this case.

The starry night sky is a marvel but a dwindling one. On average skies are getting 10% brighter each year from increasing light pollution, defined as the excessive use of artificial light that can ...

About 75,000 people attend the "star parties" at the observatory, which is managed by the University of Texas, throughout the year and take in the region's famously dark skies. "It makes me feel ...