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 ...

Initially, the astronomer who first made note of this fuzzy-looking glowing cluster thought it might be a nebula. But it’s ...

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 ...

The Full or Flower Moon is on May 12. The Moon is Last Quarter, rising at midnight, on May 20. On the 22nd, the waning ...

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.

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 ...

Spot the Big Dipper this May and use it to find Polaris, Arcturus, Spica, and Leo while stargazing the desert sky.

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