April’s new moon brings dark skies, making it easier to see Venus, Jupiter, Mars and key constellations along with distant ...

In 2014, a strange cloudy object called G2 made a close approach to Sagittarius A*, (Sag A*) the supermassive black hole at ...

Want to make a wish on a shooting star? Up to 10-20 can be seen per hour during the Lyrid Meteors' peak in April.

Above the Arctic Circle and below the Antarctic, the sun can stay high through the night or fail to rise at all. Here’s where ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has completed its originally planned five-year mission and mapped more than ...

Dark skies” refers to areas minimally impacted by artificial light, and such skies are becoming harder to find as light pollution intensifies worldwide, dimming the stars and negatively impacting ...

The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce organized a gala on March 28 after hearing that their guests wanted more formal events.

A black patch of sky looks empty until you stop taking it for granted. That is the starting point of a theory from Professor ...

Why are there no stars in space photos? The answer has more to do with cameras and lighting than what’s actually out there.

Nightscape astrophotography combines the beauty of the night sky with gorgeous landscapes after dark. While some compositions can take hours to capture, with multiple tracked shots of the sky and ...

This is the ideal night to run the 2026 Messier marathon. This annual event challenges observers to view every object in Charles Messier’s catalog in a single night, from sundown to sunup. According ...