The bright star Spica will appear to dance around Earth's moon on the night of May 9. Here's how to catch the celestial pair ...

A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in ...

That line is Hydra the Sea Serpent, the largest constellation. Since the full moon is next Tuesday, this week we’ll spot the eight brightest stars in your personal sky. Face Orion again and two ...

P.M. EDT this afternoon. May's Full Moon is also called the Flower Moon and because our satellite is still near apogee, it ...

Rather than solid arms, spiral galaxies may show density waves—regions where matter slows down and bunches up, like cars in ...

Looking overhead and south are the three summer constellations of Cygnus, Aquila and Lyra. Each possesses one noticeably bright star: Deneb in Cygnus, Altair in Aquila and Vega in Lyra ...

The nova won’t look like an explosion, but like a new star ... the constellation Corona Borealis, or the “Northern Crown." Stargazers should have luck spotting it between the two brightest ...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is known for its fast fireballs, which occur as Earth passes through the rubble left by ...

Cancer, the Crab, is one of the constellations through which the sun passes in its yearly trek around the sky. Of all the ...

The nova will appear between two bright stars: Arcturus in the Boötes constellation and Vega in Lyra. NASA suggests using the end of the Big Dipper’s handle as a guide — it points in the ...