In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the ...

The conjunction between Mars and the bright blue star Regulus began on Monday (June 16) and will bring the two objects side by side in the night sky. A conjunction occurs when two celestial bodies ...

Mars and Regulus will light up the night sky in a rare celestial display from the Red planet and icy blue star ...

The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.

If you were to ask most people to name the brightest star in the night sky, chances are they'd confidently say, "the North Star." It's a common assumption, and it makes sense when you consider how ...

E very night, the sky comes alive with light, as ancient giants, blazing beacons, and cosmic neighbors illuminate night from ...

Planets, constellations, and meteor showers are only part of it. Stargazing in Wadi Rum is as much about feeling as it is ...

A near-complete census of our interstellar neighborhood hopes to answer how stars, brown dwarfs and rogue planets form ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

Leo sees action as both Mars and Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 move through; plus, spot galaxies and noctilucent clouds in the sky this week.

This scale measures night sky brightness ... will only display the moon and a smattering of the brightest planets and stars. A Class 1 sky, on the other hand, will show everything the sky has ...