Folks think I've lost my mind when I suggest the best time of year to visit me for stargazing here in the Southern California desert is during late July and early August. Yes, the days are scorchingly ...

The Milky Way galaxy is an awe-inspiring feature of the night sky, dominating all wavelengths of light and viewable with the naked eye as a hazy band of stars stretching from horizon to horizon.

Perched high in the Himalayas, Ladakh offers some of the clearest night skies on Earth. With minimal light pollution and breathtaking landscapes, it's no wonder stargazers and astrophotographers flock ...

This is a panoramic image of single shots taken in a pristine magical sky. The image features the arch of Milky Way shining bright above the Lut (Dasht-e Lut) desert, in Kerman, Iran, a few ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, says Abigail Beall ...

Starting at the end of next week, the month of July will see a lot of moonless evenings for terrific stargazing opportunities ...

As travelers continue to look for unique experiences under the night sky, astro-tourism is becoming increasingly popular ...

Using computer modeling, the Global Sky Model was mapped onto the face of the moon, allowing astronomers to calculate the average brightness from the Milky Way that would reflect off its surface.

The object seems to be travelling on a steep path - suggesting it came from the Milky Way's "thick disk", an area of ancient ...

To identify any changes to the Milky Way's stars, multiple photos have to be taken over time and compared. The researchers found 64,151 variable sources of light in total — and 56,794 of them ...

The Milky Way galaxy is an awe-inspiring feature of the night sky, dominating all wavelengths of light and viewable with the naked eye as a hazy band of stars stretching from horizon to horizon. Now, ...