The human eye can detect around 5,000 stars in the night sky. But the light emitted by skyscrapers, ... As a result, our eyes receive more blue light from every direction in the sky.

The annual alpha Capricornids, the Southern delta Aquariids and the Perseid meteor showers are all currently active ...

However, satellites miss the blue light of LEDs, ... For many people, the night sky today is twice as bright as it was eight years ago. The brighter the sky, the fewer stars you can see.

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that simultaneous stellar explosions have been visible to the naked eye in recorded ...

Gazing up at the night sky in awe and wonder can be a calming and almost primal joy, but stargazers are seeing fewer and fewer stars.A study published January 19 in the journal Science finds that ...

The radiant is the point in the sky from which meteors appear to originate. Each year, the Eta Aquarids meteor shower starts producing shooting stars as early as April 20 and as late as May 21 ...

The blue supergiant called Rigel, around 870 light-years from the sun, is one of the brightest stars in the sky. (Image credit: NASA/STScI Digitized Sky Survey/Noel Carboni) ...

Stargazers in the U.S. can see Venus rising around 3 a.m. local time, with the Pleiades star cluster visible as a smudge of ...

2. Venus Swaps From ‘Evening Star’ To ‘Morning Star’ July 9 and September 18, 2023. As seen from Earth, the position of Venus will change dramatically this summer.

In spots where efficient LEDs have been installed, there have been complaints about the blue-white glare of light-emitting diodes. There is a better way, says the International Dark-Sky Association.

With the arrival of spring, we can step out during the late evening hours (around 11 p.m. local daylight time) and count up to 11 "first magnitude" stars – the brightest in the sky.At no other ...

Roughly half the sky’s stars have a partner. ... it shines with intensely blue-white light. ... At a distance of 550 light-years, this star is a nearby red supergiant.