A range of gorgeous skywatching targets are visible to the naked eye in city skies.

After full moon, the terminator returns, but this time on the moon's opposite side, where it marks the line of advancing ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

Sky Shorts author says Orion a favorite constellation, and shares key details to find and appreciate its beauty.

A faint aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, may be visible across northern parts of the United States overnight from Tuesday, January 27 into Wednesday, January 28, as a minor ...

Much of Wales and indeed the UK experienced a display of the northern lights on Monday and Tuesday night following a significant solar storm which whisked charged particles from the Sun in our ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Welcome to the February night sky. This month, we only have one meteor shower which is the Alpha Centaurids on February 8.

Steve will always appear to the south of the aurora, and is not part of it. People often get confused with tall purple rays.

A distinctive curved marking etched into the Moon’s surface comes into sharp relief this week as winter darkness, crisp air ...

If you’re a night owl, the 79.5% moon will be in conjunction with Jupiter in the early hours of Feb. 27 (around 01:30 AM ET).

Jupiter, king of our solar system’s planets, continues to dominate the night sky in February. Lying inside the zodiac ...