June 25's new moon darkens the night sky for summer’s best stargazing — including the Summer Triangle and Milky Way.

This deep view of the Orion Constellation glows in reddish hues thanks to a filtered view of hydrogen alpha emission, a type ...

Featuring never-before-seen views of galaxies and more than 2,100 newly discovered asteroids, the observations are only a taste of what to expect from the telescope's upcoming decade-long survey ...

Four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — will come together to form a "celestial ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

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There will be three full moons during the summer. And the sky this season has a number of bright stars that form easily ...

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, and a rare cosmic lineup. SCIENCE 9 reasons to look up this May ...

Look east before sunrise on Sunday to catch a stunning trio: a crescent moon flanked by bright Venus and the Pleiades star ...

A superbright Mars is currently visible alongside Regulus, the "Heart of the Lion" star located around 79 light-years from ...