Our dwindling night skies and expanding light pollution is slowly impacting plants, animals and humans in significant ways.

From the first photographer star to the discovery of alien worlds, these night sky targets mark some of astronomy's greatest ...

Active since last week, the Lyrids meteor shower is expected to reach peak viewing tonight. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile offers some of the clearest views of the universe, thanks to its dry climate, high altitude and ...

Ten years ago there were about 1,500 satellites. Today about 15,000 satellites cross the night sky and one company is ...

The Lyrids are back! Here's where to look and how to spot these shooting stars.

See Venus and Uranus in conjunction on Thursday, April 23, as the “Evening Star” sweeps close to the Pleiades open star ...

A waxing gibbous moon will occult Regulus after dark on Saturday, April 25, briefly wiping Leo’s brightest star from view for ...

Space lovers and sky watchers have much to look forward to this month, with a plethora of activity already occurring in April ...

If you step outside after sunset, you might catch one of the season’s loveliest celestial meetups as dazzling Venus shimmers ...

The late April twilight affords the continued opportunity to marvel at the planet Venus, as the ‘evening star’ blazes away in the western ...

The policy also aims to promote astronomy education, reduce light pollution around stargazing sites, and develop ...