An exposure longer than about 25 seconds will start to show star trails and capture their movement as they travel across the night sky, so experiment with timings. Generally, the rule of thumb is to ...

It’s Venus. From January through September, the closest planet to Earth dominated the post-sunset night western sky as the “Evening Star,” becoming ever-brighter, before sinking back into ...

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 ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A star in the Northern Hemisphere’s night sky will soon become 1,000 ...

Our star chart is designed to get you out learning the night sky within a matter of moments. Just set it for your time and location, make a few tweaks if you like for personal taste, and print it out.

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what you're not seeing? The skies may be full of invisible "boson stars" that are made of an exotic form of matter that does not shine.

Asterisms are easily recognisable patterns of stars that are usually fairly easy to spot. Constellations are officially recognised patterns in the night sky that help astronomers divide the sky ...

The black moon is in the ... out all but the brightest stars and planets. "When the Moon is close to new, it’s also mostly below the horizon during the night. So this time of the month, where ...

The planets are lining up, forming a rare and special parade across the night sky in January ... They'll be "strewn across" the sky and look like extra bright stars, the astrophotographer Dan ...