Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars themselves, but that is not the case at all.

Astronomers are excitedly waiting for the arrival of a new light in the sky this year that appears once every 80 years. The ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

As the night sky became polluted with light from electrified cities, people built planetariums. Today, they’re more ...

Any day now, a massive stellar blast dubbed "the Blaze Star" could light up the night sky so brightly, you won't even need a ...

Initially, the astronomer who first made note of this fuzzy-looking glowing cluster thought it might be a nebula. But it’s ...

The night sky at around 11pm this month (Nigel Henbest) Mars is gradually fading as the faster-moving Earth pull away from the Red Planet, and it’s now fainter than some of the stars in the ...

With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong meteor shower, but only when viewed from the tropics and south of the equator.

A reddish star is about to pass through a "beehive" of stars. That "star" is actually one of Earth's planetary neighbors.

The Aquarids – sometimes spelled as "Aquariids" – first became active April 19 and are due to peak between May 5 and May 6.