Deep-sky objects shine and the giant planets show off their satellites as the bright light from the Moon disappears from our ...

If you look halfway up in the northwest, you'll be able to see the familiar zigzag of five bright stars forming the ...

Arizona is home to 22 dark sky locations that may offer the clearest views of planetary conjunction between Saturn and the ...

Stargazers will in one week have a chance to spot Saturn and the moon sharing a section of the night sky in what's known as a ...

Dark nebulas are notoriously challenging to capture because they emit little to no light of their own. Meyer imaged LDN 1245 ...

When people think about habitats on Earth, they likely picture forests, oceans or grasslands. Few think to look up. Yet the lower atmosphere, or troposphere, may be the largest habitat on the planet.

A new moon on Sunday, Jan. 18, means dark skies and some of the best stargazing conditions of the year. Here are the bright stars, constellations and objects to see.

New instrument on William Herschel Telescope spots previously unknown strip of ionised iron atoms at the heart of Ring Nebula ...

Most people think they know exactly where “down” is. It’s the direction your feet point. But that familiar sense of ...

While it’s possible to see the nebula with the naked eye, it’s far more difficult to spot than closer deep-space sights like ...

The Beehive Cluster, a group of about 1,000 stars, will be visible to skywatchers throughout January. Here's how to see it in ...

Astronomers at Durham University and collaborators at the University of Warwick used the European Southern Observatory’s Very ...