Get ready for a celestial treat. Two meteor showers, Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids, will peak on July 29-30. The Southern Delta Aquariids may display 20 meteors per hour. Alpha ...

It’s a common story. Artificial light emanating upward into the night sky creates skyglow. That glow is increasingly erasing stars from human view in North America.

Recent research shows the night sky in North America is getting brighter every year. Stephen Hummel, the dark skies coordinator at McDonald Observatory, says that, on average, people can see about ...

About 75,000 people attend the "star parties" at the observatory, which is managed by the University of Texas, throughout the year and take in the region's famously dark skies. "It makes me feel kind ...