According to Forbes, a series of spectacular astronomical events will light up the night sky this weekend. Stargazers around the world can expect to observe a planetary alignment, a total lunar ...

On May 10, 2024, something unusual happened. Babak Tafreshi packed up his camera equipment and drove just an hour north of his home in Massachusetts to photograph the northern lights. For the first ...

Night sky lovers can typically spot a smattering of a few planets, but in late March, a stunning visual takes shape when five planets line up beneath the moon in a display sometimes called a planetary ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very ...

Stars shine in these heavenly images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Depictions of catlike animals are visible on stones under a rotating, starry sky. Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries ...

Every eight years Venus passes through one of the most beautiful star clusters in the night sky. That will next happen in 2028, but this week the bright planet—currently shining brilliantly as the ...

A startling analysis from Globe at Night — a citizen science program run by NSF’s NOIRLab — concludes that stars are disappearing from human sight at an astonishing rate. The study finds that, to ...

We're nearing the end of a celestial show that has been going on for many months and the two main characters, Mars and Venus, will soon be coming out to take their final bows. When you purchase ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The moon will team up with Castor and Pollux to create a smiling face in the night sky on May 29.