The "Starlink satellite train" has become a captivating sight for skywatchers, offering a glimpse of the future of global internet coverage. This dazzling spectacle occurs shortly after SpaceX ...

At the heart of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a digital camera that will create an unparalleled map of the cosmos.

Find out what's up in your night sky during June 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

How the Sky Map app looks in dark mode, with red light to protect night vision. (Image credit: Lloyd Coombes) We liked the addition of a dark mode, which dims the screen and turns the icons to ...

Washington is among more than a dozen states that might be able to see the northern lights on June 25 and June 26.

The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate. Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient ...

Are you curious about the night sky? Come to the Northop Grumman Planetarium at the Museum in DC for a live, guided tour of what you can see after sunset. The facilitator will answer questions and ...

An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Follow Author. Jul 20, 2022 ... “The maps are also important for cosmologists in revealing regions where there is no dust ...

From 8 p.m. Sunday to 2 a.m. Monday, the NWS is predicting sky cover ranging from 38-61% in metro Detroit, which could affect northern lights viewing. This will increase to 77% at 5 a.m. Best time ...

Tonight's Sky. If you want to stargaze in Morehead, ... The colors of the blocks are based on forecast maps for that hour. The two numbers at the top of a column are the time. A digit 1 on top of a 3 ...

Star Walk 2, $3 for iOS and free for Android with in-app purchases, uses your phone's sensors and GPS to show you a map of the night sky in real time, pinpointing the location of stars, ...

The National Weather Service's sky cover map, updated this morning, projects the amount of opaque clouds expected to block the sky. The map shows 28% cloud cover in Spokane and 36% in Yakima at 11 ...