Drawing on the University of Arizona’s renowned strength in interferometry, astronomers from Steward Observatory are leading ...

Seventy light-years from Earth, a star called Kappa Tucanae A harbors one of astronomy's most perplexing mysteries: dust so ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The pyramid-shaped glow of "zodiacal light" is caused by ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Juno spacecraft has detected interplanetary particles that suggest Martian storms fill the ...

At this time of year, there’s a “false dusk” visible after sunset. From a dark location, you can see the cone-shaped glow reaching upward from the western horizon, rising through the constellations ...

Did you know that it’s possible to see the solar system glow? Not just the tiny planets moving slowly around the sun, but even the dust within it–and it’s a spectacular sight that in 2019 is close to ...

Periodic storms in Texas this week may paint the sky orange. Here's the science behind changing colors during weather events.

Two centuries ago, this palace belonged to a brilliant inventor whose experiments led to early forms of electrical storage. Today, the estate stands silent, covered in dust, and forgotten by time.