A simple guide to the Dec. 25, 2025 night sky, with viewing tips for the moon, bright planets, and familiar winter stars ...

DETROIT - One of the most state of the art planetariums anywhere on earth has just opened in Detroit following a year-long ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Pink Floyd fans rejoice! The Adler Planetarium in Chicago is once again hosting a “cosmic visual journey” of the Dark Side of the Moon. Alder Planetarium spokespeople say Dark Side of ...

A space reporter traveled to Upper Michigan, where she rediscovered a sense of cosmic wonder. The view of the stars from a dark sky preserve in southern Michigan.Credit...Emily Elconin for The New ...

The Tesuque Pueblo’s Camel Rock may or may not have inspired the look of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. character, as the story goes. But the mushroom-shaped rock formation in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, ...

Few things in the universe are as perplexing as dark matter — the invisible and exotic “stuff” that is thought to make up most of the matter in galaxies. The theory goes like this: To reconcile our ...

Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor. The night sky above Eagle Harbor, a village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula ...

Usually, cameras see stars better than the naked eye, but on the hexagon-cracked flats of Summer Lake, my night vision gave my Sony a run for its money. In September, I visited this stretch of ...

I knew as soon as I stepped out of the cabin, I was in for something remarkable. It was 4 AM and the sky glittered brightly between the branches of long leaf pines. I only needed to get to an open ...

Ball State University's planetarium will host its annual Astronomy SLAM competition on Nov. 8. Four students will compete by giving presentations on topics like exoplanets and dark matter. The Charles ...

Clouds drift past the many channels of the Palo Alto Baylands as the sun sets in this file photo. Photo by Veronica Weber. Hoping to turn down the lights at night to protect wildlife and reduce glare ...