Earth's moon is occasionally illuminated by flickers, glows or beams of light. What are these mysterious lights?

Autumn has draped itself across the northern hemisphere, heralding the onset of longer, darker nights that serve as the ...

The first-ever detection of heavy water in a planet-forming disk around a young star offers evidence that the water predates ...

Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a ...

Far from the pollution and bright lights of India’s cities, the dark sky reserve in Hanle can leave you starstruck.

To photograph the comet, Alton Spencer left Danbury, finding darker and elevated spots in Bridgewater and Warren.

Nebulas are spectacular clouds of gas and dust where stars come to life and fade away. Their radiant beauty has captivated ...

The night sky will host one of autumn's best meteor showers at the start of the new week as the Orionids reach their annual ...

The Orionid meteor shower peaks during a new moon, Comet Lemmon gets closest to Earth and a crescent moon slides past Mercury ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Central Wisconsin stargazers are in for a rewarding week of celestial events — including the peak of ...