It's easy to get lost in a clear night sky full of stars. It can feel like a random mess of lights without a little guidance. Once you're able to identify a few constellations though, the sky starts ...

The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special ...

In a sky full of stars, the planets can be identified by ... Star' because it is the brightest celestial object in the night sky, apart from the moon. 'Saturn will be clearly fainter than ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

The best stargazing apps help you navigate the night sky and can be a helpful tool for ... the Gamma Normid meteor shower in March or the stars and beyond at any point of the year.

By Katrina Miller Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets across the night sky in January ... system will be visible among the stars at the same time — if you ...

National parks and designated Dark Sky Places offer ... nebulas where new stars are born, other galaxies and the cratered surface of Mars. Not all the action happens at night, either.

As the moon reflects the sun's light, the shadow dims the moon's glow. During the peak of a total lunar eclipse, the moon ...

View the cosmos in the palm of your hand with the best binoculars for stargazing — see the stars, planets and deep ... as they offer beautifully crisp night sky views in the palm of your hand.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

Vega, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, shone above the horizon, brilliant against the blackness. Astronomers measure the darkness of the night sky with a device called a sky quality ...