"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Stargazing apps are brilliant for spotting constellations in the night sky, looking at the planets, ...

You don’t need a telescope to enjoy the night sky—not when your phone can show exactly what’s overhead. With the right app, just point your device at a patch of stars and get names instantly, or track ...

The night sky has always fascinated us. The stars, our moon, and the nearby planets have always been inexplicably captivating. Even now, there's simply no substitute for the experience of looking up ...

Ouranos is an AI-powered astronomy weather app that helps moon watchers find the best nights to observe the sky. Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia strategist and storyteller at the ...

Who wouldn't be curious about what's out there beyond Earth's atmosphere? With interesting phenomena like dramatic star deaths and mysterious black hole formations, the cosmos is undeniably an endless ...

An annotated overview of 98 astronomy applications for smart phones and tablets has been published in the on-line journal “Astronomy Education Review.” Compiled by Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College), ...

Here’s a demo video for Star Walk, the astronomy app for iPhone and iPod I posted on yesterday. The more I look at this app, and the more glowing comments it gets from both reviews on iTunes and CoM ...

NASA is back with its monthly preview of what to look out for in the night sky. Throughout the month of January, you’ll be able to spot four planets at the same time, with the naked eye (weather ...

Popular astronomy app SkySafari has added a special set of features for tracking and viewing this week's annular solar eclipse. On Saturday (Oct. 14), the moon will pass in front of the sun, blocking ...

Looking at the stars, our moon, and nearby planets is a fascinating experience, and with the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, we now have the opportunity to learn even more about the universe ...