The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...

The weeklong celebration from April 21-28 focuses on combating light pollution and conserving dark nighttime conditions, per the dark sky week website. In Michigan, explorers can visit dark sky parks ...

From Lowell Observatory to Kitt Peak to Mount Graham, here are the 11 best planetariums and observatories in Arizona and everything you can do there.

International Dark Sky Week is a global celebration that is dedicated to appreciate the night sky and raises awareness of the ...

When they emerge at night in large numbers, bats avoid colliding with each other by adjusting both their flight patterns and ...

Although the eastern sky will already have begun to brighten, the sky will still be dark enough to discern many of the ...

Lowell Observatory Director of Science Gerard van Belle in Arizona said astronomers know this event will unfold in the night sky soon(ish) because it has happened before and is so bright it can be ...

It is not as strong as the sun, but fitted with a powerful 3,333-watt light source—the equivalent of a typical flood lamp in a stadium—it is enough to turn night into day instantaneously.

Also known as the 'Paschal Moon,' April's full 'Pink Moon' will rise alongside Spica, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, on April 12.

On Fridays this month, the UW-Milwaukee planetarium's "Stars in the Tropics" takes stargazers to cities near the equator for a different perspective on the night sky. While we’re certainly not ...

A RUSSIAN company has revealed a plot to turn the sky into the world's biggest advertisement ... laser-light billboards when they look up at night. The satellite is a prototype, but Avant is ...

With the Moon below the horizon until 3:00 GMT during peak activity, conditions are ideal for witnessing these shooting stars against a dark sky. The Aquariids also make their appearance starting ...