If you've ever taken a few minutes out of your day to look at old footage and photographs of astronauts bouncing around on the Moon, you may notice a lack of stars in the background. Let's get the ...

A BRIGHT star situated close to the Moon has got people talking. So what is this star and why is it so bright? Here we explain... The bright light that stargazers have noticed isn’t actually a ...

Jupiter is glorious in the west after sunset, outshining all the stars. The crescent Moon lies near the giant planet on 30 April. The night sky at around 11pm this month (Nigel Henbest ...

One of the brightest stars in the sky plays hide-and-seek behind the moon tonight. As the moon makes its monthly circuit around the sky it often passes in front of stars, blotting them out for as ...

even though it’s 25 light years away from Earth. Sunday, March 16 This morning, the bright star Spica can be seen hanging out near the waning Moon.

From ancient stars to streaks of comet dust ... Amateur astronomers can also spot a plethora of planets and a full moon during select cloud-free nights. In April, Earth will cross through paths ...

A waning crescent moon will creep closer and closer to Spica until the star's light is extinguished in the blink of an eye on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 27. Earlier this month, the planet ...

And there was this big black void, black hole. And that was the moon! That was the moon shielding the stars and yet not illuminated. It was as black as I've ever seen black. That was the only time ...