Scott Levine

The informal star patterns in the night sky form a game of cosmic dot-to-dot.

The darker months are a great time to get out and get stargazing. Get to know the brighter, recognisable constellations that are visible in the autumnal night sky.

As nights get longer, these are the top night-sky highlights of autumn and how to see them.

You don't always need a telescope or binoculars to see beautiful star clusters in the night sky. Here are our top 5 open clusters visible with the naked eye.

The night sky is awash with stars, but which are the brightest? Discover what the brightest star in the night sky is tonight, and how to find it.

The North Star, Polaris, can be found in the night sky with an easy star-hop, making for a useful navigational tool.

Our pick of the best constellations and asterisms visible in the northern hemisphere night sky throughout the summer months.

Spotting the Solar System planets isn't as tricky as it sounds: you just have to know where to look.

Astronomy writer Scott Levine recalls how the stars helped him bond with a suspicious neighbour.

Explore the different stages of twilight and find out what to see in the sky as the Sun sets.

Spend Thanksgiving night with the constellation Orion and track the stars' motion across the sky, with our guide by US naked-eye astronomer Scott Levine.

The names of craters on our Moon are a record of those who made giant scientific leaps. Here are 5 women astronomers with lunar craters named after them.

Shorter nights doesn't have to mean no stargazing. We've picked out 5 of our favourite stars visible in the northern hemisphere's summer night sky.

Each month, Scott Levine looks at a single word that can tell us about the workings of the Universe, with a quick sketch to outline his thoughts. This month, Scott's word is one that is very important to lunar observers: 'month'!

Each month, Scott Levine looks at a single word that can tell us about the workings of the Universe, with a quick sketch to outline his thoughts. This month, Scott discusses a word that will become very familiar to us all in the coming weeks: kilonova!