The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, aka the Dog Star. Sirius is so dazzling because, at only 8.6 light years away, it is one of the closest stars to Earth.

A rare "super blue moon" will be lighting up the night sky at the tail end of August 2023. While blue moons usually look like ordinary full moons, they sometimes can give off a blueish tint.

NASA predicts the next super blue moons won't occur for another 14 years, when a pair will grace the night sky in January and March 2037. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...

Mars shining like a red star in the night sky, alongside the blue-tinged star Regulus. These two celestial bodies, though ...

The first dazzling images have been released from the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy’s Vera C. Rubin ...

Over time, these stars became known as Wolf-Rayet stars (Charles Wolf was a French astronomer, and helium was first detected by the French scientist Georges Rayet and others), and astronomers came to ...

A SpaceX rocket launch from Florida on Monday afternoon produced a dazzling display in the night sky above Europe, leading to some people asking Elon Musk what they were witnessing.

Jamie Carter is an experienced science, technology, and travel journalist and the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com. An avid stargazer, Jamie writes about exploring the night sky, solar and lunar ...

The night sky isn’t perfectly dark—instead it glows faintly, and the source isn’t exactly local By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings Zodiacal light over Padar Island, Indonesia.