May's full moon appeared full all weekend, but will peak tonight (Monday, May 12). Here's everything you need to know about ...

Over the last few days, night sky observers may have noticed that the moon has been shining extraordinarily brightly. Tonight ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

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

NASA shares the moon’s exact distance from Earth and its impact on ocean tides, solar eclipses, and space travel. See how ...

The ZWO Seestar S50 is one of a cluster of these automated marvels that have arrived in the past few years. Like the others, ...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is peaking. Experts say expect to see 10 to 15 meteors per hour in ideal viewing conditions ...

‘Smiley face’ in the sky ... night sky. (source: X@LeanneManas) According to a Live Science report, this cosmic spectacle occurred due to the close alignment of Venus, Saturn, and a thin ...

An amateur astrophotographer has captured a stunningly detailed view of the spiral galaxy Messier 106, which is located 24 ...

His first forays into imaging the night sky saw Brecher capture the moon by holding a 'point and ... city of Guelph using a Celestron 14" Edge HD telescope situated in a SkyShed enclosure ...

for example one can see the Milky Way from a dark sky site much more easily when the moon is below the horizon, which is the case for the entire night of the new moon. Timing of a lunar phase ...