May skies are brimming with action: shooting stars from Halley’s Comet, brilliant planets at dawn and dusk, and a once-in-a-lifetime nova that could light up the night sky any day now. Eta Aquarids & ...

OK, I admit I may not remember where my car is parked, but I sure recall my grade school planetarium field trips like they just occurred. These were some ...

Astronomers have been excitedly waiting for a star system 3,000 lightyears away to explode, forming a 'new star' in the night ...

The constellations overhead in May are dominated by Leo the Lion and Ursa Major the Great Bear. Leo is easy to pick out by spotting a large backward question mark known as the Sickle. The bright star ...

In advance of a star called T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) or the “Blaze Star” exploding in a very rare event, NASA is advising ...

Jupiter sinks into the sunset, ending a months-long guest starring role with the bright winter constellations. Those, too, are disappearing into the sun’s afterglow.

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As May commences, Jupiter, resembling a luminous golden star within the constellation Taurus, shines high above the western ...

Saturn climbs higher at dawn but still tussles with twilight. At mid-month, it’s about a fist to the right (west) of Venus.

By Deane Morrison In May Jupiter sinks into the sunset, ending a months-long guest starring role with the bright winter ...

But Mars lingers, drifting on a course toward Regulus, the brightest star in Leo, the lion. Mars is getting pretty dim, but ...

At 41 degrees south latitude, you would see seasonal changes of all of the southern hemisphere stars. The circumpolar ...