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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

As an astrophotographer, I structure my weeks around lunar phases, chasing stars and the country’s darkest stretches in my overlanding vehicle. My love of shooting the night sky borders on obsession, ...

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is alarmed by the threat to ground-based astronomy posed by proposals put forward by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Reflect Orbital. SpaceX has applied to launch one ...

The Academy Awards have long been one of Hollywood’s most glamorous nights. Once a year, people from a myriad of industries get the opportunity to gather and celebrate cinema’s outstanding ...