On an astrotourism trip like Gorov's, celestial objects take center stage. More travelers are seeking out the feeling of awe ...

Watching the sun slowly set in Wadi Rum, the craggy desertscape takes on a whole new wonder. The red rocks glow golden for a moment, bathed in the final rays of the day, and the wind gently swirls the ...

A charming Arizona town in the west was designated as the world's first International Dark Sky City, meaning it offers beautiful views of the Milky Way.

Light pollution has long troubled astronomers, who generally shy away from deep sky observing under full Moon skies. The ...

A truly remarkable quirk of the natural world - this volcano lights up the night sky in an iridescent blue when its sulphuric ...

The world's steepest island is recovering disaster and has mixed feelings about being the focus of a recent Netflix drama ...

The trailblazing Beverly Shores Heritage Trail paved the way for a new crop of walkways where people can learn more about the ...

Data from the Esa Euclid telescope enable precise analysis of an Einstein ring around the galaxy core of NGC 6505 and thus the surrounding dark ...

From supermoons to a total eclipse to the national park’s biggest and best-attended star parties, these are the must-see celestial shows of the year ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Tylos is a gas giant 900 light-years away - and astronomers have now mapped its astonishing atmosphere in 3D for the first ...

Atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...