Made up of three of summer’s brightest stars, the Summer Triangle is an easy starting point for exploring—and ...

The summer Milky Way overhead and through the Summer Triangle stars in July, looking up through trees in Banff National Park at Herbert Lake Deneb is at top left, Vega at top right, and Altair is at ...

The Summer Triangle dominates the night sky long after summer begins to fade. So what makes Vega, Altair and Deneb a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The northern summer Milky Way through the area of the Summer Triangle, showing the change in colour as the Milky Way heads south ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. It may have shorter nights and fewer bright stars than the ...

Summer nights are the shortest but also the warmest — making them particularly appealing for skywatching. The upcoming months feature the year’s best meteor shower in August, the return of multiple ...

Summer is a time when many weary and sleep-deprived amateur astronomers and skywatchers put their binoculars and telescopes into hibernation. Depending on your location, the night sky may not get dark ...

Guest columnist Katy Downing is planetarium and program coordinatorfor the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. The summer night sky is a treasure trove of exciting objects to see with the naked eye.

Read on to find out what you can see in the night sky tonight, from planetary meet-ups to the ever-changing moon phases, meteor showers and more. Want to look even further ahead? Check out our monthly ...

Without a doubt, the brightest star in the summer night sky is Arcturus. It’s the second-brightest star in our night skies throughout the year. Only Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation ...

September brings dazzling planets, a harvest moon and the official shift to autumn.