An exposure longer than about 25 seconds will start to show star trails and capture their movement as they travel across the night sky, so experiment with timings. Generally, the rule of thumb is to ...

I'd often spot a star in the sky at night and say: "Wow, that one is so bright!" Then, eventually, I used one of those cosmic-object-tracking apps to discern what star I was looking at.

As darkness falls, Jupiter, nearing its biggest and brightest for 2024 rises north of due east and remains on display virtually all night ... of the sky, while the brilliant yellow star Capella ...

The Geminids meteor shower, famous for its multicoloured streaks of light across the night sky, has wowed stargazers across the globe. Visible around the world, the meteors can be seen with the ...