As an astrophotographer and night-sky enthusiast, I’ve endured my fair share of inaccurate weather forecasts. But this one-night-only trip to Pennsylvania’s Cherry Springs State Park—one of the ...

Today, astronomers have at least a dozen techniques to seek and detect planets orbiting other stars, and have turned up thousands. But 51 Peg will always be special since it was our first. Not only ...

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October’s night sky is set to dazzle, featuring a radiant supermoon, the fiery Draconid meteor shower, and the sparkling ...

The writer Tristan Gooley describes how a pair of familiar constellations can help a person navigate in darkness when other ...

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A comet that some astronomers believe may be the best of the year will be visible to observers in the Northern Hemisphere ...

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Skywatchers and stargazers can this week catch October’s full moon, the Draconid meteor shower, the Pleiades and the rise of the stars of Orion.