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 planetary alignment early Friday morning could resemble a celestial smiley face—depending on where you’re looking from and ...

The pre-dawn sky on April 25, 2025 will see a conjunction of Venus, Saturn and a waning crescent moon, which will resemble a ...

After months without a meteor shower, sky-gazers now have a reason to keep their chins up — the Lyrids are here to kick off the season. The Lyrids have graced the sky since April 17 and will hang ...

One of the oldest known meteor showers, the Lyrids, will peak in the very early hours of Tuesday, April 22, when around 18 ...

Early on April 25, 2025, a rare triple conjunction of Venus, Saturn, and a crescent Moon will grace the morning sky. This ...

The Moon is one of nature's wonders, but to photograph it successfully you first have to understand it. Although ...

April’s micromoon will be the smallest of the three micromoons in 2025, with the next one occurring in May, according to EarthSky. For the best view of this micromoon, weather conditions allowing, ...

Classic-rock icons Chicago, performing in South Florida this weekend, once asked, “Does anybody really know what time it is?” I do not. Clearly, I have no concept of time. (Apparently, “25 ...

They can best be seen from the northern hemisphere, although the waning crescent moon might interfere with their visibility. No special equipment is needed to view the spectacles. Simply turn to ...

Put very simply: we see the moon thanks to the light of the sun. While half of the moon is brightly sunlit, the other half is in the dark ... waxing crescent moon, first quarter moon, waxing ...

The findings of the study were published in the journal Nature. The dark side of the Moon gets just as much light as the rest of its surface. Public domain image by NASA/Joel Kowsky via NASA Images.