Planets, constellations, and meteor showers are only part of it. Stargazing in Wadi Rum is as much about feeling as it is ...

A new book shows that the Northern Dene people of Alaska and Canada have known far more about the stars than an earlier ...

Two hours after sunset, the sky is dark and the constellation Canes Venatici is high in the west, nestled beneath the curve ...

Jaws remains the best example of Steven Spielberg‘s genius as a filmmaker. He somehow took a middling pulp novel about a killer shark and turned it into a thrilling ...

Summer is a good time to view the Big Dipper because it's high in the northern sky during the evening. The Big Dipper is not ...

Wausau Pilot & Review This week offers stunning celestial sights for skywatchers in the Wausau area — from planetary pairings ...

From left: Oakley Anderson-Moore and Al Reinhard of Big in Arizona sit with Imagination Film Fellows Cecil “Pat” Tso, Amber ...

Polaris, which lies roughly 430 light-years from Earth, marks the end of the Little Dipper’s handle. Alternatively, it’s the ...

Our star, the Sun, rises at 5:17 a.m. E.D.T. (Eastern Daylight Time) from June 8 through June 22. Sunset is at 8:27 p.m.

Four out of the five brightest stars we can see are now readily visible in the early evening Butler celestial dome. Of course ...

The summer triangle is an asterism that first appears in the eastern evening sky at the beginning of summer. It includes three very bright stars that are in three different constellations. The stars ...

Spica, or Alpha Virginis, is the brightest star in the Virgo constellation and lies approximately 250 light-years from Earth.