May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

and is estimated to be somewhere between 3 and 5 million years old, according to NASA. "As the sky turned that deep blue, everything came together - the crescent moon, Jupiter, and the calm water ...

This rare alignment will be visible for about an hour at around 5.30am on Friday morning ... sunrise you’ll be able to see a thin crescent moon,” Jessica Lee, an astronomer at the Royal ...

Stargazers could be treated to an interesting sight in the sky later this week thanks to two planets and the waning crescent ... the moon will be visible right around 5 a.m., meaning that ...

A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in ...

Mild May nights will set the stage for a great month of stargazing with the cosmos offering a trio of astronomical sights, ...

at around 5:30 a.m. local time. It will still be dark enough at this time to observe the bright planets and the thin crescent Moon. But the opportunity is fleeting—within an hour, the Sun will ...

Even though the moon ... 5:15 a.m. local time to find the moon lurking low on the horizon. Directly to its left you will find the planet Venus, which currently appears as a bright 'morning star ...

The waning crescent moon will be 40% full, meaning a decent level of visibility ... leaving behind a fiery tail — the end of a “shooting star.” You don’t need special equipment to see ...

When the Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak, it will be spring's first chance to see shooting stars. The Lyrids have surprised skygazers in the past with as many as 100 meteors per hour, but it's ...

The annual May full moon brings about the peak of spring, while another, more intense meteor shower will peak on May 5. Several planets ... meteor or shooting star." He added: "Although [the ...