Sick of skyglow spoiling your stargazing? These six telescopes are portable enough that you can easily pack them away and seek out darker skies.
Auroras paint the International Space Station purple in new iPhone photo from orbit.
What disappointed skywatchers in 1986 became a scientific triumph, as an international fleet of spacecraft revealed the secrets of the world’s most famous comet.
The Southern and Northern Taurid meteor showers will produce occasional bright, slow-moving meteors worldwide during October and November, with moon-free peaks in 2026.
Fire erupted in the morning skies over Siberia on June 30, 1908, as an atmospheric explosion occurred that remains unmatched by any similar event in modern history.
Astrophotographer Cornelis van Zuilen spent 352-hours of light data to create a spectacular mosaic of the Messier Catalog.
Beyond Luxor and southern Spain, the 2027 eclipse path crosses Mediterranean islands, mountain towns, desert oases and historic cities. Here are 10 less obvious places to experience totality on Aug. 2, 2027.
We learn constellations from diagrams that stay conveniently upright. The real sky has other ideas — as I discovered when Orion returned looking distinctly wonky.
Dark clouds swirl across a star-speckled sky as the Milky Way stretches above La Silla Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
Clearer skies, comfortable temperatures, and a mix of summer and winter constellations make October a particularly rewarding month for stargazers across North America.