The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special ...

In the coming nights, Thacher explains, two of the brightest objects in the sky—Saturn and Jupiter—“are getting closer and closer and closer together.” On Monday, Dec. 21, the night of the winter ...

The night sky’s brightest star—and one of the closest to us. Like so many stars in the night sky, Sirius may look like a single star, but it's actually part of a binary star system.

Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky at the National Museum of Natural History is a call to action to mitigate the impact of light pollution. Star light, star bright. The Milky Way, visible ...

Steve Aicinena, New Mexico, 2015 An old wrecked ship makes it easy to take an Instagram-worthy photo under the night sky near Point Reyes National Seashore. Brian Cho, California, 2019 ...

J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek bring their A-game in 'Night Sky,' the new sci-fi mystery series that is set to premiere Friday, May 20 on Amazon Prime Video.

The data shows that the night sky got, on average, 9.6% brighter every year. For many people, the night sky today is twice as bright as it was eight years ago.

Science Space Why is the night sky dark? Looking at the stars takes you back through time. All the way to the beginning. By Charlie Wood Published Dec 14, 2018 12:30 AM EST ...

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, shines at magnitude -1.46, so has long been a well-known star to many ancient cultures.

Those data, combined with a global atlas of sky luminance published in 2016, allowed the team to conclude that the night sky’s brightness increased by an average 9.6 percent per year from 2011 ...

The night sky, in all its astral beauty, has ever been a source of wonder for the human race. But over a century ago, some astronomers looked up and saw a paradox. This conundrum is commonly called ...