Bright streaks in the night sky aren't always meteors. With more and more satellites overhead, it's getting harder to tell ...

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

We asked satellite experts to fill us in on what's flying around above us and the challenges SpaceX faces as its constellation balloons to accommodate more users and orbiting data centers.

We are all aware of sound pollution, yet we remain largely unaware or indifferent to the growing menace of light pollution.

Andromeda is also a flattened spiral like the Milky Way, but it's twice as large — 220,000 light-years across versus 105,000 for the Milky Way — and crammed with a trillion suns. Can you even begin to ...

One of the brightest stars in the night sky will vanish as seen from North America and Europe in a rare event.

Look west just after sunset from this weekend for a chance to see some of six planets, though the best views will be had ...

Nasa is launching a unique rocket mission to perform a 3D CT scan of the northern lights. The study aims to map the electrical circuits that impact our satellites and GPS.

This cluster of sunspots has produced more than 60 solar flares, including several that could spark colorful auroras across ...

Auroras, shimmering bands of light that shoot through the night sky near the Earth’s poles, can follow patterns known as arcs ...

Venus and Jupiter will be the brightest planetary candidates in this winter-end celestial performance.

Investigators are still working to analyze the scant available video that could lead to finding Nancy Guthrie as the search continues.