Every year, the Capture the Atlas Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest brings together some of the most striking night ...

About 80% of Americans can't see the Milky Way due to artificial light pollution. A new study shows where it has gotten worse ...

On May 10, 2024, something unusual happened. Babak Tafreshi packed up his camera equipment and drove just an hour north of his home in Massachusetts to photograph the northern lights. For the first ...

Nightscape astrophotography combines the beauty of the night sky with gorgeous landscapes after dark. While some compositions can take hours to capture, with multiple tracked shots of the sky and ...

Extremely bright satellites and megaconstellations could make the night sky up to three times brighter than it is now, a new ...

Long and sparkly, the winter night sky is a spectacle — inviting us to wrap up, go outside and gaze up at planets, stars, airplanes, a sudden meteor and the parade of satellites. “Winter skies are ...

Stars shine in these heavenly images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Depictions of catlike animals are visible on stones under a rotating, starry sky. Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries ...

Artists have been fascinated by the night sky and its dazzling cosmos for centuries. From Van Gogh’s trippy The Starry Night (1889) to Théodore Géricault’s eerie, green-tinged After the Deluge (1819) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. September looks set to be one to remember for stargazers, ...

May's bright stars and classic spring constellations make this the perfect time to learn the sky the old-fashioned way, one ...