Eyes to the sky for the month of July to see the Buck Moon, two different meteor showers crisscrossing the night, and the waning phases of the Moon appearing near some of the brightest planets in ...

A second "new star" has unexpectedly appeared in the night sky, less than two weeks after a near-identical point of light first burst into view without warning. These never-before-seen "stars" are ...

Tuesday Telescope: A howling wolf in the night sky "Ever since I saw it for the first time, it's been high on my list." ...

Footage of an explosion illuminating a nighttime landscape has been described by social media users to show a U.S. strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear plant, but the video predates the incident by ...

About half of all New Zealanders can no longer see the Milky Way in winter due to light pollution from ever brighter cities and expanding satellite constellations.

This week, Aotearoa New Zealand officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance in the night sky of the star cluster also known as the Pleiades.

SpaceX rocket illuminates sky with comet-like trail across Arizona It wasn't a UFO or Superman in the night sky on Monday but a SpaceX rocket that launched from Southern California.

Because of its position in the lunar orbit, Tuesday night's full moon was at its lowest point on the horizon. This is known as a "lunar standstill" and only happens every couple of decades; this ...

Sky watchers are in for a sweet pre-summer treat, with the “strawberry moon” of June 2025 getting ready to turn full in the coming days.

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.

Perhaps the best part of spending a night outdoors in a tent is lying on your back and watching an explosive astronomical performance play out on the stage of dark wilderness sky. The average tent ...

Bay Area astronomers say a severe geomagnetic storm could cause the northern lights to appear over the Bay Area again.