Taking pictures of distant stars is no longer just the work of astronomers. Anyone can capture the majesty of the galaxy with a simple camera. You don't need expensive gadgets - all you need is a dark ...

A composite of star photos, made in Joshua Tree during a dark-sky photography workshop, lead by Desert Institute on Sept. 16, 2023. (Julia Carmel / Los Angeles Times) Follow the star trails ...

First images from new observatory bring night sky to life ‘like never before’ - The images reveal millions of twinkling stars ...

Why do pictures of Earth taken from the Moon show a black sky with no stars? Can the stars only be seen with an atmosphere? Farris W. Bruce Hesperia, California ...

Stars shine in these heavenly images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Depictions of catlike animals are visible on stones under a rotating, starry sky. Smithsonian Photo Contest ...

The brightest star in the night sky is the Sirius star. According to NASA , it is over 20 times brighter than our sun and twice as massive, though it might not appear that way to the naked eye ...

The Milky Way in the dark night sky with the illuminating stars, part of the galaxy that contains our Solar System as seen from a sandy beach in Halkidiki, Greece. NurPhoto via Getty Images.

Samsung’s faked Moon photos set off a controversy — but astrophotographers say faked photos of the night sky have a long history, even before Photoshop.

Although the iPhone isn't nearly as powerful as a telescope, it's still able to take good night sky photos. Here's how to get started with it. NASA revealed the first images taken by the JWST on ...

Stars are disappearing from the night sky in front of our eyes, astronomers have warned. Every year, the sky gets as much as 10 per cent brighter, according to a major new study.

But by 9:45pm that same night, when the observatory captured another photo of the same portion of the sky where the cluster had been seen less than an hour before, the "stars" were gone — and ...