WHERE TO LOOK: There are national parks made for looking down -- think tide pools and caves -- and national parks for looking into great distances ... when a Night Sky package pops up, meaning ...

Staring up into the night sky on a clear night is one of my favorite pastimes. There’s something about staring into a field of black dotted with points of light that never ceases to amaze me.

I like to take a lawn chair and sometimes a reclining one for just laying back, staring into the night sky and contemplating the vast universe. Greek mythology accounts for many of the names we know ...

With so many satellites gathering intelligence in the sky, it's easy these days to feel ... and one of the world's top satellite spotters by night. He's been at it for more than 20 years, and ...

The Sky Ladder ... and off into the Gobi Desert. Qiang lit it at dusk, and the fuse burned across the desert for around 15 minutes, like a scene from a surreal Road Runner cartoon.

As the Earth’s shadow slowly blocked the sun’s light I found myself staring into the night sky and Googling. On a clear night there are about 3,000 stars visible to the naked eye, and 100,000 ...

Although the telescope was just coming into general use during Hevelius’ time, he openly rejected the new invention. In his star atlas of 1690, he actually tucked a cartoon into the corner of ...