June offers a celestial spectacle, starting with the Milky Way's rise in dark skies. Venus shines brightly in the early ...

The never-before-seen "nova," dubbed V462 Lupi, recently appeared in the constellation Lupus, after suddenly becoming 4 ...

There are two ways to use a star map. First, we can go from the sky to the map. Suppose, for example, we spot a fairly bright star halfway from the southeastern horizon to the zenith (the map’s center ...

Sky watchers around the world have a new star to hunt for in the night sky, thanks to a recently detected explosion in our ...

The 2025 summer solstice takes place on June 20, heralding the onset of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year.

There will be three full moons during the summer. And the sky this season has a number of bright stars that form easily ...

After the sun arrives at its solstice point, it will begin to migrate back toward the south and the amount of daylight in the ...

Illustration by Andrew Fazekas The best views will be centered around the tropics and in the Southern Hemisphere, where the planets will rise higher in the predawn sky. But no matter where you are ...

Discover the best places for stargazing in South Africa this winter. From Sutherland to the Cederberg, explore top dark-sky ...