The Southern delta Aquariids and alpha Capricornids are set to peak on the same night later this month. Here’s how you can ...

Researchers Find Unique Rock Carving, Could Be One of the First Attempts by Human Civilizations to Depict Sky It seems that, ...

The second half of July and the early days of August are the perfect time to get outside and look at the night sky.

A top a mountain in Chile, where the days are dry and nights are clear, a team of scientists and engineers is preparing for ...

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in ...

The meteors are faint, so they won’t be visible if the moon is out. Observers in the Southern Hemisphere and southern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere will have the best odds of a good show.

A rare astronomical sight is unfolding in the southern sky. Two exploding stars are shining so brightly that both can be viewed with the naked eye.

It doesn't happen often that Mercury ranks as the planetary highlight of the evening sky, but July is an exception. The solar ...

Oregon Dark Sky Sanctuary map. Mark Graves/The Oregonian The Oregon Outback Dark Sky Sanctuary in the eastern part of the state comprises 2.5 million acres in Lake County.

ATLANTA (AP) — More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern U.S. states have now reported witnessing a mysterious object streak across the sky on Thursday, and the nation’s space agency … ...

More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern states have reported witnessing a fireball streak across the sky, and NASA has determined that it was a meteor.