With sunlight reflecting off their solar sails, at times satellites can be brighter than the stars that, from our viewpoint, surround them, and there are enough of them to brighten the night sky.

A mysterious spiraling blue light illuminated the night skies over Europe on Monday ... shows the glowing light spinning across the sky in what many social media commentators likened to a spiral ...

Not quite, says the Met Office. This large glowing spiral was spotted in the night sky across the UK and Ireland on Monday evening. Image: Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire. Pic: Keeley Williams ...

For centuries, the saying "Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning" has been used to predict the weather – but is there any truth to it? According to ...

More travelers are seeking out the feeling of awe from the night sky, with 60% of travelers saying they're considering visiting a low-light pollution destination, according to Booking.com's 2025 ...

After four consecutive “supermoons” lighting up the night sky, the upcoming full moon of December 2024 won’t be extra big or extra bright. Still, the so-called “cold moon” — a nickname ...

MORE: 'Zombie star' could flare up for the first time in 80 years on Halloween "Right now is a great time to go outside and look up at the night sky," Henry Throop, a planetary scientist at NASA ...

A Skyrim player noticed a strange flashing effect in the sky during gameplay, sparking interest in the community. Fans speculate about what could have caused the mysterious sky glitch. Despite its ...

Of course the sky is dark at night.” But that answer is wrong or, at best, incomplete, and the actual situation wasn’t obvious even to eminent scientists a century or so ago. And the person ...

A rare comet is expected to be visible in the night sky shortly after sunset this week across Southern New England. See the comet? Chime In! Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be visible in ...