From remote deserts to mountain summits, these are best places to see stars in the world, where dark skies reveal ...

Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars themselves, but that is not the case at all. Since 1986 I have had an affiliation with the Hayden Planetarium in New ...

An ordinarily dim star is making a brilliant appearance in the night sky after unleashing a powerful nova explosion, which has rendered it visible to the naked eye. The nova V462 Lupi was first ...

Look up at the sky on a clear night, and you’ll see thousands of stars – about 6,000 or so. But that’s only a tiny fraction of all the stars out there. The rest are too far away for us to see them.

Staerkel Planetarium brings the beauty of the night sky indoors, blending astronomy, mythology and storytelling.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. As autumn nights grow longer, one of the sky’s brightest ...

Astronomers have observed what they believe to be a never-before-seen companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, a pulsating red supergiant star in the shoulder of the Orion constellation. One of the best ...

It isn't exactly clear just when stargazers will be able to see T Coronae Borealis go nova, but NASA said it will likely be "in the coming months." T Coronae Borealis is normally too faint to see ...

Regulus is located very close the the "ecliptic," meaning it frequently appears alongside planets and the moon in the night sky. (Image credit: IAU/Wikimedia) If you look hard at the image, you may be ...

“What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the ...

The article describes using the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) as a reference point to locate other prominent spring constellations and stars, including Polaris (North Star) in Ursa Minor. It details the ...