The full Beaver Moon rose behind the trees of Basalt Mountain, Colorado, on Friday, November 15. Footage recorded by Barry Stevenson shows the bright, white moon against a black night sky.

The night sky can be an amazing place to look for cosmic wonders. Here: Astrophotographer Jeff Johnson sent in a photo of the Pleiades (AKA "The Seven Sisters" or M45), an open star cluster in Taurus.

Parts of the Mountain West still largely free of light pollution or cloudy weather are losing their famed spectacular views of the night sky to smoke from fires burning hundreds of miles upwind.

The sky above Historic Keweenaw Mountain Lodge has earned it a new accolade. The International Dark-Sky Association has named the park in Copper Harbor in the Upper Peninsula its third certified ...

An experienced astronomer says he has caught on camera the "very rare" sight of light pillars in the night sky ... 'Rare' light pillars spotted in sky over Rhigos mountain. Published. 12 March 2016.