April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations and people take action to raise awareness of an inevitable aspect of ...

Whether you’re camping or birdwatching, when nightfall comes, it becomes a bit of a bummer. You don’t have any daylight to help you spot your favorite animals or plants—or UFOs—but that doesn’t mean ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Observing the night sky can ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during February 2026 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

Which night vision goggles are best? There are many reasons why a pair of night vision goggles is indispensable to you. You could be out hiking, camping or possibly even hunting in the dark and don’t ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you should be looking up. The Milky Way and its core region in constellations ...

February ends with a treat for sky-gazers: a parade of seven planets across the night sky, including Mercury, Uranus and Neptune alongside typically bright planets such as Mars, Venus, Jupiter and ...

Autumn has draped itself across the northern hemisphere, heralding the onset of longer, darker nights that serve as the perfect backdrop for amateur astronomers looking to explore the wonders of the ...

On a clear night far from city lights, the Milky Way stretches overhead as a pale band, yet most of the sky between those stars looks almost perfectly black. That darkness is not just a backdrop for ...