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Across various cultures, the Flower Moon is tied closely with the abundance of blooming flowers. Find out the other reasons ...
The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a ...
A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the ...
Learn how planet Earth’s only natural satellite was formed, its weird features like a black sky and extreme temperatures and ...
The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...
The pre-dawn sky on April 25 will see a conjunction of Venus, Saturn and a waning crescent moon, which will resemble a ...
Images of a supposed "Smiley Face Moon" have been popping up on social media. Here's what's real about this week's sky show.
Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked eye sometime in the coming months. When it happens, the nova will ...
A moon that resembles an iconic, fictional space station known to destroy planets may be a home for life beyond Earth.
View a brilliant morning star, enjoy dark skies during New Moon, and take in plenty of deep-sky targets in the sky this week.
A “pink moon” will be shining in the night sky when the April moon of 2025 turns full this weekend. But it won’t actually look pink, and it will appear to be slightly smaller than an average ...
Due to light pollution, dark skies are sadly becoming increasingly rare to find across the nation. But some destinations are ...