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

The Thunder Moon or Buck Moon, as it’s called, the first full moon of the astronomical summer, will occur Thursday. On July ...

Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

This month's full moon phase will occur during the early hours of June 11 for viewers in New York, at 3:44 a.m. EDT (0744 GMT ...

V462 Lupi will soon vanish from the night sky, but before it does, the dark skies around the new moon present a perfect time ...

Astonished Scots have captured a meteor streaking and burning brightly across the night sky. The orange light and ...

A dramatic cosmic event, a rare dwarf nova that suddenly brightened by a factor of 2,500, has been discovered with the help ...

It’s not completely impossible for the night sky to deliver impressive imagery on a budget though, as [David Schneider] shows us with a Raspberry Pi powered whole sky camera.

An “International Dark Sky City,” Flagstaff—population 75,000—is a rare example of a town where the Milky Way is visible from the city center on a clear night.

The Thunder Moon is also known as the Buck Moon, as Buck antlers rapidly grow during this time of year and can easily be seen ...