Seeing an aurora is often considered a bucket list experience. Learn how a cartographer used maps to improve his chances.

Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...

The Adirondack region is taking steps to preserve its dark night skies, with a proposed bill aiming to reduce light pollution ...

Hipparchus’s star catalog is the oldest known attempt to document the positions of as many objects in the night sky as possible, and it was the first time that two coordinates were used to ...

Shooting the night sky isn't the most obvious use of a drone, but it is possible. You'll need a drone that can capture photos in Raw because of the image quality and flexibility this file type ...

One of the faintest zodiac constellations in the Pottsville night sky is Libra, the Scales. Like most constellations, good luck seeing it for what it is supposed to represent. It allegedly outlines… ...

18:24, 21 Jun 2025 Updated 21:26, 21 Jun 2025 Dan Monk's shot of the Northumberland night sky which was used in a scene in 28 Years Later (Image: Dan Monk, Kielder Observatory) ...

A "new star" is shining in the constellation Lupus thanks to an unexpected stellar explosion within the Milky Way — and it can currently be seen with the naked eye from parts of North America ...

"Bogong moths are incredibly precise. They use the stars as a compass to guide them over vast distances, adjusting their bearing based on the season and time of night." Each spring, billions of Bogong ...

Globally, the visibility of stars (an indicator of the level of light pollution) decreased by 7-10 percent per year from 2011 to 2022. The visibility of the night sky in New Zealand appears to be ...

Many airlines have also avoided the eastern area of the country since a Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down in 2014 amid the armed conflict between pro-Russian rebels. Following the country's ...