As a space reporter for The New York Times, I follow what’s happening in the stars, including eclipses, meteor showers and ...

Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor.

The technicolor Florida sunset had faded into darkness, and my extended family, assembled from two continents and three countries, gathered on the beach at Longboat Key to look at the stars. We were ...

A truly dark night sky is getting harder and harder to find. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When I was a young boy growing up in ...

The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, is a natural phenomenon; it's an ethereal ballet that has captivated humanity for ...

SEQUIM — International Dark Sky Week, billed as “a worldwide celebration of the dark and natural night” by Dark Sky International, will be celebrated today through April 28. During the past century, ...

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 ...

The blue color of the daytime sky results from Rayleigh scattering, where atmospheric atoms and molecules preferentially scatter the blue wavelengths of sunlight more than red, rather than being the ...

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