In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out in the morning while it's still dark, just before astronomical twilight, look to the east, and try to see the ...

This stunning image from astrophotographer Petr Horálek captures two of the night sky's most glorious sights in one — the glowing heart of the Milky Way and the elusive "zodiacal light." Despite ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Milky Way galaxy shines in the night sky over the Cerro ...

As Earth’s shadow fully covered the Moon, turning it into a glowing blood moon, the Milky Way lit up across the heavens.

“What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the ...

Zodiacal light is at its brightest around the equinoxes and is visible along the ecliptic — the apparent path the sun takes through the sky — as a triangular beam of light on the horizon a few hours ...

Recently, the Chilean night sky was illuminated by the glow of the Milky Way galaxy as it was seen above the domes of telescopes at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a facility of ...