There was a time when a chain of lights drifting silently across a dark sky would have caused genuine alarm. Today, that ...
If you go to a very dark site on a moonless night—and I cannot recommend it highly enough that you do so—you’ll be faced with an awesome sight: a night sky seemingly brimming with millions of stars, ...
The rapid proliferation of satellite mega-constellations is raising global concerns, highlighted by a call from 120 top astronomy researchers urging the FCC to investigate the potential impacts of ...
Some stars and constellations are ever-present in the night sky; Polaris, for example, has served as a steady guiding light for millennia in the Northern Hemisphere. But if you look closely at the sky ...