As I stumbled over rocks through pitch darkness, following a guy I had just met online, I began to question my life choices. It was the middle of the night, and I was wandering through a remote desert ...

Stars shine in these heavenly images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Depictions of catlike animals are visible on stones under a rotating, starry sky. Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries ...

There's nothing more beautiful than the night sky, and with modern smartphone cameras, everyone can take amazing pictures of it. The latest version of Google's Camera app on Pixel phones has added the ...

The moon and Venus put on quite a show for skywatchers around the world this week. On Jan. 3, 2025, the "Evening Star" Venus and a waxing crescent moon crossed the night sky in an event known as a ...

The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, are the result of electrons colliding with the upper reaches of Earth’s atmosphere. The best way to see the Northern Lights is with a ...

It’s no secret that one of the best stargazing spots in Southern California is Joshua Tree National Park. The park is an International Dark Sky Place — meaning that aside from some light pollution ...

This week marked the arrival of the Sturgeon Moon, a moon rising that wows stargazing enthusiasts in the Northern Hemisphere each year. Named after a massive fish that traces back 136 million years ...

With the equinox on 22 Sept., this is a month when the evenings begin noticeably earlier in the northern hemisphere, and last longer. If that’s good news for astrophotographers, so is the onset of the ...

The Draconids and the Orionids are the two major meteor showers happening in October, though one may offer a more spectacular ...