This week Starwatch is like happy hour, a two-for-one deal. Pegasus the Winged Horse and Andromeda the Princess are two constellations literally joined at the tail of the great flying horse. As it is ...

October nights are famed for their ghastly Halloween frights, yet the skies in fact bring rather friendly and benign ...

Hubble was in the process of gleaning clues about dark matter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New images released by NASA's ...

There is so much going on this month for stargazers, including lunar conjunctions and cover-ups. One of the great meteor ...

This month brings chances to see the first of the three supermoons of this year, two meteor showers and the opportunity to ...

One of the great constellations of the autumn sky is Pegasus the winged horse, along with its next-door neighbor Andromeda the Princess. They’re easy to find. The first thing to look for is what’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Go into your backyard about 20:30 p.m. EST or thereabouts ...

This time of year, you have the best chance to see the farthest thing away that you can see with the unaided human eye in our Rochester night sky. Away from heavy city lighting, look in the ...

An unusual ultra-faint dwarf galaxy has been discovered on the outer fringes of the Andromeda Galaxy thanks to the sharp eyes of an amateur astronomer. Follow-up by professional astronomers revealed ...

A unique ultra-faint dwarf galaxy has been discovered in the outer fringes of the Andromeda Galaxy thanks to the sharp eyes of an amateur astronomer examining archival data from the US Department of ...

This time of year you have the best chance to see the farthest thing away that you can see with the unaided human eye in the northwestern Washington night sky. Away from city lights, look in the ...

Horse lovers can take heart to know their equine friends were not forgotten by those who made up star patterns, and chose which would be on the official constellation list. We have two celestial ...