Any day now, a massive stellar blast dubbed "the Blaze Star" could light up the night sky so brightly, you won't even need a ...

The first operational Starlink launch, consisting of 60 satellites, happened in May 2019. As of February 2025, Starlink, ...

What is the bright star in the east right now? Venus, the bright "Morning Star," shines brilliantly in the pre-dawn sky this ...

According to Culbertson, Venus will be the higher of the two “eyes” while Saturn will be the lower, and the thin, crescent ...

It’s a busy month for Mars and the moon—not to mention the Eta Aquariid meteor shower. Here’s what to watch for, and when.

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

Back in 1986, when the comet last swung through the inner solar system, it lost about 1/1,000th of its mass. Rice said that ...

To spot the celestial 'smiley face,' skywatchers in the U.S. will need a clear view of the eastern horizon in the hour ...

“The moon will set long before the radiant rises, so circumstances are excellent for viewing this shower,” the American Meteor Society says. The radiant is the point in the sky from which ...

In order to find the ancient Three Leaps of the Gazelle asterism you must first locate the Big Dipper, which is high in the ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked eye sometime in the coming months. When it happens, the nova will ...