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

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

The visibility of the night sky in New Zealand appears to be following a similar trend. Between 2012 and 2021, the area affected by light pollution grew at a rate of 4.2% above the global average.

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 ...

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 ...

Sky watchers are in for a sweet pre-summer treat, with the “strawberry moon” of June 2025 getting ready to turn full in the coming days. The so-called strawberry moon, which will actually look ...

June’s one full moon — the so-called strawberry moon — dazzled the night sky Tuesday into Wednesday. Photos show the low-hanging reddish moon low in the sky in places including New York City ...

Because of its position in the lunar orbit, Tuesday night's full moon was at its lowest point on the horizon. This is known as a "lunar standstill" and only happens every couple of decades; this ...

Americans in multiple states may have a chance to see the northern lights on Wednesday. According to a forecast from the ...

A full moon will be visible across the Louisiana sky Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, and while this year's moon coincides with a special astronomical event, it won't look like anything ...

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

According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, this year’s moon will also follow its lowest arc across the sky since 2006 — a result of the moon entering a major lunar standstill, an astronomical ...