A night scene captured in Portugal's Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve shows the arched path of faint light from the winter Milky Way filled with colorful deep-sky objects.

So go look at the brightest star tonight and you’ll forever have a bright and colorful celestial anchor in the winter night sky. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes. Editorial Standards ...

Orion and Canis Minor constellations and Sirius above horizon on a cold winter night. (Image credit: Eerik/Getty Images) The Great Orion Nebula is a vast cloud of extremely tenuous glowing gas and ...

When Don Hampton was a graduate student in Alaska, he looked up at the night sky and saw candy-colored lights swirling above his head. Fireworks? No, nature’s laser show. “The sky lit up with ...

These astronomical objects are found about 2,300 light-years from Earth, and because they are relatively close, they are popular astronomical objects to observe in the night sky.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA/WCMH) — NASA announced it will be releasing blue-green and red vapor into the night sky to form artificial clouds. The artificial clouds will allow scientists to visually track ...

What to look for in the winter night sky: Katy Downing Published: Jan. 12, 2025, 1:30 p.m. Look south, southwest at around 6 p.m. for a very bright object -- the planet Venus.

The rare colorful phenomenon was seen by skywatchers in many areas of New Jersey, ... Colorful Northern Lights glow again in N.J. night sky. Published: Oct. 08, 2024, 1:04 p.m.