Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Standing beneath the Milky Way has always been a beautiful sight, if you were lucky enough to find dark skies on a dark night. But the revelation of recent advances in digital photography is that ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during January 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide. Looking for a telescope for the next night sky event? We recommend the Celestron ...

The Pleiades is one of the most beautiful sights in the night sky. This open cluster of seven bright stars (also known as the “Seven Sisters”) is close to the ecliptic — the sun’s path ...

A “parade of planets”—Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars—will be visible, and recognizable by their incredible brightness against the night sky. Uranus and Neptune will also be visible, but with a ...

UK astrophotographer Josh Dury on night-sky success, his passion for documenting natural skies, a brand-new book and an ...

The best lenses for astrophotography can help you take beautiful, breathtaking images of the night sky. If you're stepping into astophotography, or are upgrading your existing equipment now's the ...