The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is alarmed by the threat to ground-based astronomy posed by proposals put forward by ...

It's easy to get lost in a clear night sky full of stars. It can feel like a random mess of lights without a little guidance.

The Royal Astronomical Society has sounded an alarm over satellite constellation plans from SpaceX and Reflect Orbital, warning that the proposals could “permanently scar” the night sky visible from ...

Spring skies reveal some of the best galaxies visible to backyard telescopes.

The clusters of satellites started small, but, like a viral outbreak, they grew almost without us noticing—and now we’re ...

According to our recent weather forecasts, the return of Red-winged Blackbirds, and sights of robins, spring is here. However ...

A portrait of Orion and the northern winter Milky Way, on a February night, 2020. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) One of the most famous and recognizable ...

Cancer the Crab is a dim constellation, yet it contains one of the most beautiful and easy-to-spot star clusters in our sky: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Have you noticed Orion’s Belt returning to the evening night ...

Bill Murphy became interested in the night sky as a kid in the 1960s, as man was attempting to land on the moon.

The number of these circumpolar stars increases as you move toward the North Pole. There are no circumpolar stars at the equator. Every star and constellation rises in the east and sets in the west ...

Guest columnist Travis Gates, a lifelong lover of nature, is marketing specialist for the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. For those willing to brave a little cold air, our winter skies can be the ...