Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. How many bright stars and constellations can you find in the ...

As I stumbled over rocks through pitch darkness, following a guy I had just met online, I began to question my life choices. It was the middle of the night, and I was wandering through a remote desert ...

Guests taken on a guided nighttime tour of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, where they learn about ancient star knowledge from European and First Nations perspectives ...

Hoping for a glimpse of the Milky Way? These user-friendly apps help stargazers learn more about objects in the sky, check visibility for prime Milky Way viewing, or even locate the International ...

A new book shows that the Northern Dene people of Alaska and Canada have known far more about the stars than an earlier generation of scientists were willing to acknowledge. A new book shows that the ...

On a clear night far from city lights, the Milky Way stretches overhead as a pale band, yet most of the sky between those ...

Eyes to the sky for August's Sturgeon Moon, a continuing trio of meteor showers, a conjunction of the two brightest planets in the sky, and a predawn 'planet parade'. The First Quarter Moon occurs on ...