At the very darkest sites on Earth, far removed from humanity’s wasted sky-directed light, that background can be as dim as 22 mag/arcsec 2. I’d love to have a moonless night with my ...

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on ...

So it can be seen slowly moving across the entire night sky with respect to the background stars—and it’s therefore Earth’s changing position in the solar system that is the biggest factor ...

As of today Mars will reverse its apparent west-to-east movement in the night sky and begin moving from east-to-west against the background stars. This is called “retrograde motion” and it ...

It's sturdily built, quick to set up and automatically locates night sky targets and provides crisp ... considerably to the east against the star background. On Monday night (Oct. 7), Venus ...

Rui Nakayama, left, and Hana Shimizu, 20-year-old college students, sit along the Sumida River as the moon shines behind ...

Some kept their eyes peeled all night at the evening sky, while others were delightfully surprised by the sudden splashes of red, green and purple hues shimmering above them. The dazzling display ...

As night descended in an ecological park in central Mexico, tiny stars appeared in the sky one by one, aligning into constellations. Juan Carlos Hernández adjusted a telescope looking for the ...

The U.S. is meanwhile investigating an unauthorized release of classified documents that assess Israel’s plans to attack Iran ...

What is it about proposals, weddings and wild weather that go together? There was Rhode Island couple Adam and Sally Irujo, who tied the knot in the midst of a blizzard that ultimately dropped 19 ...

Wind reports last night show some wind prone areas with gusts of 50mph. Winds remain strong for the first half of Tuesday. A Wind Advisory is in effect ...

Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox and Meryl Streep also joined Elton John backing up Joni Mitchell on her "I'm Still Standing" ...