Look to the east after sunset on a clear winter night and you’ll spot a bright, tightly packed collection of stars. That’s ...

Perched atop the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the Gemini North Observatory is one of the world's most powerful windows into ...

Skywatchers around North America will have a chance to see the Leonid meteor shower peak on Nov. 17. Since the moon will be ...

Bellerophon ultimately decided to visit Mount Olympus, the home of the gods, which was strictly off-limits to mortals. As ...

November 2025 is a fantastic month for sky lovers. The nights are longer, the air is crisp, and the sky fills with cosmic ...

Since 1986 I have had an affiliation with the Hayden Planetarium in New York. My "official" title there is "Associate and Guest Lecturer." Indeed, through all of these years I given scores of ...

Nevada’s Great Basin Star Train takes passengers on a three-hour journey through the desert for a guided stargazing ...

A trifecta of stargazing events could be visible in space in the coming days. In addition to the crescent moon and the possibility of more displays of the Northern lights, Venus, the brightest ...

Customers send their telescopes to Starfront Observatories, where amateur stargazers can view the night sky unencumbered by ...

Alligator Alcatraz is causing light pollution in one of the first designated "dark skies" in the eastern United States.

Known for its clear skies and brilliant stars, New Zealand is on track to become the world’s first "dark sky nation".