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 ...

Life is full of trade-offs, and stargazing is no different. Nights are certainly warmer, but you have to stay up much later ...

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

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

The constellations overhead in May are dominated by Leo the Lion and Ursa Major the Great Bear.

Yellowish-orange Arcturus is the fourth-brightest star in all the heavens and lies only about 37 lightyears from us. It’s an immense star — a red giant, we call it — about 25 times larger, and about ...

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

And Venus is putting on a brilliant show as the Morning Star, rising around 4am in the east. To its lower right – and 200 ...

Greetings! We’re losing Mercury from our early morning skies, but Venus and Saturn will appear quite close together this week ...

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 ...