The new moon of May occurs on May 26. Two days later the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky, and the ...

On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

At the very darkest sites on Earth, far removed from humanity’s wasted sky-directed light, that background can be as dim as 22 mag/arcsec 2. I’d love to have a moonless night with my ...

It also increases the sky background glow, which then makes it much harder to see nebulas, dust clouds, and finer details in the night sky. A brighter night sky poses problems for wildlife ...

Of course the sky is dark at night.” But that answer is wrong or ... There are some sources of background light even then—distant stars and galaxies too small and faint to be seen individually ...

On the night of May 25, 2019 ... means that it will be a lot harder to obtain a smooth background sky to calibrate observations. This can affect measurements of key phenomena like gravitational ...

This artist wanted to speed paint an image of the night sky. After laying down a deep blue background, they splattered white stars on their canvas. Once they laid down the foundation, they added ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. Stargazers are in for a treat this month, with the night sky expected to be chock-full of wondrous astronomical sights.

The first edition of The Sky at Night was shown on 24 April 1957. It was introduced by Paul Johnstone, but featured Patrick Moore, who presented the programme until his death in December 2012 ...