A crescent moon will appear alongside the bright stars Castor and Pollox to form a lopsided grin in the night sky on May 29. Skywatchers in the U.S. will find the cosmic smile hanging above the ...

New data show a 50% chance the Milky Way won't collide with Andromeda. A merger with the Large Magellanic Cloud is far more ...

Discover five expert tips for astrophotography in Michigan and learn how to capture breathtaking images of the night sky.

Density, for instance, can dictate the degree of refraction for light moving ... for white stars near the horizon. Sirius is white, and it’s the brightest star in the night sky; when rising ...

California stargazers will soon be able to witness a dazzling celestial sight composed of billions of stars. In late May ... band arching across the night sky. It will be more visible that ...

Earth’s sister planet reaches greatest western elongation and dichotomy as the waxing Moon slides along the ecliptic in the ...

will peak tonight and tomorrow (May 5-6), giving skywatchers a chance to see "shooting stars" in the night sky. With the potential for up to 60 meteors per hour, it's an exciting prospect for ...

Stargazers can see clusters of shooting stars and planets lighting up the California night sky in May ... beginning of the month before moving higher up in the sky. A full moon rises over the ...