Our star chart is designed to get you out learning the night sky within a matter of moments ... outdoors so that your vision becomes fully dark-adapted. (This can take 15 to 20 minutes for ...

Here are some tools to help you get started. Your Sky Tonight, our digital star chart can be customized for your date and location; you can even set it to get the most suitable results depending ...

That’s critical to understanding “dark energy,” an unknown force that ... As well as expanding the canvas of the sky map to 20,000 square degrees—nearly half the sky—this new version ...

The bright arch is formed from the brightest stars in the night sky But the new dark matter map is not showing quite what astronomers expected. They have an accurate idea of the distribution of ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower is coming soon. As many as ...

As someone that has always lived in the UK countryside, I am no stranger to the glory of a dark star-filled sky. Sadly, 60% ...

It's being described as the most detailed ever map of the influence of dark matter through cosmic history ... mysterious stuff on a quarter of the sky and across almost 14 billion years of ...

The results are in line with theory — but the key to an accurate measurement was understanding how dusty the galaxy is.

DarkSky International officially designated Kaikōura as an International Dark Sky Sanctuary, the twenty-second location ...

Your best bet for seeing meteors or the northern lights is to find a dark sky with as little light pollution as possible. You can check out a light pollution map of how dark or light the night sky ...

The Met Office is telling Brits in certain areas to look up to the sky as there's a strong chance that the Northern Lights will be visible to the naked eye later today ...

He works in the Lauwersnest activity centre, where a map with the planets hangs on ... The US organisation awards the designation of “dark sky park.” There are about 70 around the world ...