Star trail photography documents the movement of the stars over a certain period. As the stars appear to move from east to west (due to Earth’s rotation), a long-exposure photograph of them will ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit dazzled us on Tuesday with a gorgeous image showing star trails and city lights as seen from the International Space Station (ISS). On Wednesday, he turned the “wow” dial all ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. But our 24 hour period is nothing compared to the ISS astronauts, who ...

Star trail photos can be dramatic, gorgeous depictions of the cosmos. They show how the sky moves as the Earth rotates, and how the stars above us vary so greatly in brightness and color. They also ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. With the full “Beaver Moon” now almost a week ago, the night ...

Can you find Polaris? It's the brightest star in the night sky, right? Actually, it's not – it's the 48th brightest, but learn to find the North Star directly above the north pole and you can produce ...

The Raspberry Pi is an incredibly popular, cheap, and low power computer that also has a nifty camera add-on that is completely programmable. This opens up a log of possibilities for long-exposure ...

Star trails look larger than life among the sculptures of a grasshopper and scorpion. Astrophotographer Adam Gordon took the image at California's Anza Borrego Desert State Park on the night of Sept.