In his new book '52 Assignments: Night Photography', award-winning astrophotographer Josh Dury invites you to raise your lens ...

9 night sky events to see in June, from a strawberry moon to interstellar clouds This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions.

On an astrotourism trip like Gorov's, celestial objects take center stage. More travelers are seeking out the feeling of awe from the night sky, with 60% of travelers saying they're considering ...

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be visible in the western sky each night this week. The comet's orbit only takes it near Earth once every 80,000 years, so this is our only chance to see it.

A decently dark site in a rural area has a sky background of about 21 mag/arcsec 2. In the Rocky Mountains in Colorado I’ve been to sites a bit darker than this, and it’s truly spectacular.

You can see the duo together either with your naked eye or, better yet, a pair of stargazing binoculars, from the night of Jan. 31 to the early morning of Feb. 1 in the southern sky.

Coordinates: 36.106453620906905, -82.11029863394087 This location is ADA-accessible from the parking lot. Winged Deer Park Winged Deer Park in Johnson City can be enjoyed by stargazers who don’t ...

The prototype BlueWalker 3 satellite is now one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Astronomers are worried about even bigger, brighter satellites that are on the way.

On a Saturday night in late April, I set out with a pair of binoculars for the eastern spur of the Point Reyes Headlands. I have driven this route countless times, but rarely at night.

If you want to catch a (somewhat) rare planetary alignment in the night sky, find a clear area without much light pollution and set your gaze to the west right after sunset this evening. There ...

The life cycle of a satellite It takes LEO satellites about 90 minutes to orbit Earth, zipping along at around 17,500 mph (28,200 km/h). This makes bright ones easy to spot, reflecting sunlight as ...