No special equipment is needed for Tuesday evening's meteor shower peak, but clouds could hamper viewing opportunities for ...

The most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way ever made has been published after observations by the VISTA telescope over ...

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This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way imaged as part of the most detailed infrared map ever ...

Rates of "shooting stars" tend to peak when the course constellation is ... such as a Dark Sky Place or anywhere that looks dark on a light pollution map. Look south as soon as it gets completely ...

Check your phone's sensors and location services settings, and make sure the app's automatic mode is on Sky Map (formerly Google Sky Map) is a handheld augmented-reality planetarium that lets you see ...

Maggie Aderin-Pocock tells us about the power of the James Webb Space Telescope and how she inspires disadvantaged students ...

In case you haven’t heard, which I’m sure many of you have, there’s a promising comet on the way. By promising, I mean it may ...

Take our winter tour that features August constellations, or our summer tour designed for January, February or March. Or visit the site each month to download an easy-to-follow sky map and make up ...

Venus still hovers low in the southwestern sky at dusk a half-hour to 45 minutes after sunset. Saturn is comfortably high up ...

When kids are asked for their favorite topics in science, astronomy (along with dinosaurs) is always high on the list. As a "gateway" to science education, astronomy is essential to the curriculum ...

Between the head of Ursa Major, the Big Bear, and Cassiopeia is a region bereft of bright stars. You might not see anything ...