This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) newest planetary defender has opened its "eye" to the cosmos for the first time. The Flyeye ...

June sky shows planets before sunrise, Mars near Regulus, the glowing Milky Way, and the solstice with shifting daylight hours.

The telescopes at Lick may be vintage, but scientists at the observatory continue to discover new planets and examine ...

Kids are often taught to associate the sun with the day and the moon and stars with the night. Yet why does the ... and stars are always somewhere in the sky, but we can’t always see them.

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

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

Oscar Isaac might just be returning as Moon Knight, and in Avengers ... Earlier in the weekend, Star Wars Celebration’s official social media revealed that Isaac would no longer be making ...

Jupiter teams up with an exceedingly narrow crescent moon for the last time this year in the evening sky on May 27.

An illustration of the new moon of May 2025 near the sun on May 27. | Credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night The new moon ...

400 bird species migrate through the Big Bend region and many migrate at night using the stars and moon for navigation.” (Find out why the Grand Canyon is now a Dark Sky Park—and how you can ...

Whether you're a seasoned stargazer or a backyard observer with binoculars, the final week of May offers a treasure trove of ...