It’s known for its bright and fast-moving shooting stars resulting from Halley’s comet, the most famous comet of all, which ...

Four of Earth’s neighbors are about to appear in a planetary alignment. Those four planets — Mercury, Venus, Neptune and ...

Higher up, you’ll find Mars close to the twin stars of Gemini, Castor and Pollux: the Moon is very close to the Red Planet on 5 April. As it moves leftwards in the sky, Mars lines up with Castor and ...

Always bright and reliable Jupiter remains prominent for the first half of night in the western sky. Meanwhile, Mars continues to cavort with the twin stars of Gemini, Pollux and Castor through ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

Californians can glimpse up to 15 meteors each hour under cloudless skies while the Lyrid meteor shower is underway. The meteors can appear anywhere in the night sky, with some leaving vivid trails in ...

April’s night sky will be packed with incredible cosmic events, including star clusters, planetary alignments, a meteor shower, and even a rare micromoon.

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is reappearing in the spring night sky ... the failure of the star to suddenly become visible to the naked eye during winter — for the first time since 1946 ...

Find a position where you can see low to the western horizon, and, for a brief time ... stars — that are just as important, if not more, to anyone wanting to navigate and know the night sky.

Venus, Saturn, and Mercury are full of surprises this month, and they have one more awe-striking display in store. Before ...