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

A bevy of comets, a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse and impressive northern lights were just three of the skywatching highlights in 2025. Here's how they unfolded.

Nebulae are some of the most breathtaking sights in the universe — vast clouds of gas and dust where stars are born, or where they meet their spectacular ends. From the delicate wisps of the Veil ...

An alien comet, a Martian volcano, a man’s fall from the sun and a groundbreaking telescope’s first images: Here are the most jaw-dropping space photos of 2025.

When you gaze up at the night sky these days, what appears as a string of slow-moving lights could be Starlink satellites.

From bioluminescence tours to northern lights excursions, nighttime tourism is on the rise—and I understand the allure well. I fell hard for astrotourism after an alfresco camping trip beneath the ...

Taylor Observatory and Norton Planetarium offers cosmic educational events from the Earth and beyond for all ages.

Aviation's climate impact is partly due to contrails—condensation that a plane streaks across the sky when it flies through ...

When interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on December 19, 2025, it did not become a spectacular object in the night ...

The best time to view the Milky Way in the Northern Hemisphere is from March to September. The Milky Way, our home galaxy ...

NASA's Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket ...

Tucked between Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Dixie National Forest, the town of Escalante is the definition of “hidden gem.” This tiny town (population around 800) sits along Utah’s ...