For Halloween, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) reveals this spooktacular image of a dark nebula that creates the illusion of a wolf-like silhouette against a colorful cosmic backdrop.

These cold clouds of dust and gas absorb and block the light of stars behind them, appearing to blot out the background and almost looking like gashes, gouges, or holes in the sky. This Halloween ...

Halloween is here, ... The Dark Wolf Nebula's nebulous apparition wouldn't be visible without its bright background, ... 10 Night sky targets to celebrate International Dark Sky Week 2025.

It lookslike avery faint wisp of smoke against the dark sky. In a telescope, itcontinues toresemble a faint cloud of smoke, but is seen to be accompanied by twosmallergalaxies, Messier 32 and 110.

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) -- Spooky season is almost upon us -- and this year it will be a little bit spookier. The night sky on Halloween will be illuminated by a blue moon, the second full moon in a ...

Dark storm clouds greeted many Southeast Texas residents on Halloween morning, but some people woke up to an eerie yellow hue. Houston Chronicle Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip to main content ...

A decently dark site in a rural area has a sky background of about 21 mag/arcsec 2. In the Rocky Mountains in Colorado I’ve been to sites a bit darker than this, and it’s truly spectacular.

For Halloween, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) reveals a spooktacular image of a dark nebula that creates the illusion of a wolf-like silhouette against a colourful cosmic backdrop.

The night sky on Halloween will be illuminated by a blue moon, the second full moon in a month. The relatively rare occurrence happens once every two and a half years on average, according to NASA ...