Mauna Kea in Hawaii is a place where the heavens seem to touch the earth. With its towering peaks and clear skies, it's one ...

Historical data shows that auroras occur more often during the spring and autumn equinox.

March 8: The Moon Meets Mars On the night of March 8, the moon and Mars will transit through the sky together from the south to the western sky. Weather permitting, the duo will remain visible ...

The broad field of view offered by binoculars can offer ... then you're misunderstanding the nature of the night sky. It's in 3D, has depth and contains objects of vastly different sizes.

There are no streetlights, light-flooded sports fields, neon signs, industrial sites or anything else casting a glow against the night sky. On a cold January day, the sun sets early and rises late ...

Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning” is real science. Here’s how dust, atmospheric ...

The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe ...

The wider view-field of most lower-power binoculars is ... That can leave out as much as two-thirds of the night sky. There are special armed rigs for binoculars that either fit to or come with ...