Less than two weeks later, on June 25, reports began to circulate of a second nova blossoming in the southern night sky, this ...

The northern sky is full of legends and heroes: Hercules, Perseus, Andromeda. The southern sky, well, it has Musca. The fly. When we refer to “official” constellations today, we’re talking ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

The month of July 2025 is filled with several enjoyable celestial events. The range of events includes the first meteor ...

The α-Capricornids and the Southern δ-Aquariids will light up the night of July 30th-31st with a combined total of 30 shooting stars per hour.

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

Today, astronomers officially recognize 88 constellations, dividing up the entire night sky. Learning a few of the big ones first makes it way easier to find other stars and deep-space objects.

Spot overlapping meteor showers this month, along with the Moon sharing the sky with some of the brightest planets.

The constellations Taurus, Orion, Canis Major, and Gemini grab attention this month, while Mars, Jupiter, and Venus dominate the planetary scene.

As twilight fades to night these May evenings, Mars stands out in the northern sky. It begins the month near the center of Cancer the Crab not far from the magnificent Beehive star cluster (M44).