When the sun sets and the lights go out, the sky comes alive in ways that feel almost magical. From desert horizons to ...

This stunning image of the Millky Way was taken over Mt. Manaslu in the Himalayas.Mumbai based amateur astrophotographer, Kuntal A. Joisher, took this image in fall of 2014 during a trek on the ...

July is an excellent month for astrophotographers. The clear summer skies and warm nights help, but what will excite night sky-watchers are its three meteor showers, striking lunar conjunctions and ...

A stunning night sky photo at the Indian Valley Reservoir Wildlife Area from a California Fish and Wildlife officer is documenting California’s improving air quality during the coronavirus pandemic.

Text and photos by Michael J. Meyer Anyone who has visited Ocracoke Island knows how special it is: from stunning sunsets to magnificent views of the Milky Way on a moonless night after a cold ...

Parts of the Mountain West still largely free of light pollution or cloudy weather are losing their famed spectacular views of the night sky to smoke from fires burning hundreds of miles upwind.

First images from new observatory bring night sky to life ‘like never before’ - The images reveal millions of twinkling stars ...

Night sky, June 2025: What you can see tonight [maps] From Leaping Leo to the Big Dipper: Here's how to see the bright stars of spring rising in the east this season Related: The brightest planets ...

The winners of the fifth annual Earth and Sky Photo Contest, organized by The World at Night (TWAN), were announced on June 18, 2014. First place went to Giorgia Hofer for the photo "Light in the ...

Iranian photographer Babak Tafreshi has won the 2009 Lennart Nilsson scientific photography prize. According to the award panel, his images "reclaim a night sky that most modern people have lost ...