At dusk on a late October night in 1408, something mysterious lit up the skies above China. Ming Dynasty astronomers who ...

The night sky at around 11 pm this month (Nigel Henbest) Firmly in the shade as compared to these worlds, fainter Saturn is now low in the southwest and setting before 11pm.

These 15 Photos Capture the Beauty of the Night Sky Stars shine in these heavenly images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest. Photographs selected by Donny Bajohr.

These stars appear in that order, as the twilight sky grows dark. This stellar trio is crossing the meridian at around 9 p.m. If you wait until around 2 a.m., the Triangle will have begun setting ...

You can’t miss brilliant Mars over in the east, its warm colour cheering up these dank November evenings. The Red Planet is currently moving slowly but surely against the stars that form the familiar ...

What to See in the Night Sky in September 2023. ... On this day, the "morning star," as it's often referred to, will be at its most radiant, outshining other heavenly bodies in the pre-dawn sky.

It is a glow-in-the-dark night sky too, colored a mix of green, yellow, and red. Its colors result from scattered sunlight, oxygen, and sodium from shooting stars.

What you see in the sky is not always reality. There are many illusions up there. Whenever you gaze upon the starry sky you do not see the stars in real-time. You’re actually staring into the ...

After traipsing left to right for the past four months, in late November Jupiter slows to a standstill, and then reverses its course, writes Nigel Henbest ...

You can’t miss brilliant Mars over in the east, its warm colour cheering up these dank November evenings. The Red Planet is currently moving slowly but surely against the stars that form the familiar ...

After traipsing left to right for the past four months, in late November Jupiter slows to a standstill, and then reverses its course, writes Nigel Henbest ...