Jupiter conjunction on May 16th to Mercury’s evening appearance on May 22nd, this week’s sky is packed with celestial events. Watch Mars pass through the Beehive Cluster, spot Asteroid 4 Vesta, and ...

Arcturus (at a magnitude of -0.05), one of the few stars mentioned by name in the Bible, is a giant, about 25 times the ...

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered that Cepheid variable stars in our neighboring galaxy, the Small ...

Up to 50 'shooting stars' per hour will streak through the night sky when the Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks just before ...

The Aquarids (also sometimes spelled Aquardiis) meteors are created by debris left behind by the famous Halley's Comet that ...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower in 2025 is an astronomical phenomenon that is active from April 15 and will remain until May 27 ...

The Full or Flower Moon is on May 12. The Moon is Last Quarter, rising at midnight, on May 20. On the 22nd, the waning ...

View the cosmos in the palm of your hand with the best binoculars for stargazing — see the stars, planets and deep ... as they offer beautifully crisp night sky views in the palm of your hand.

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events ... A telescope will reveal its dense core and halo of faint stars. (Explore the galactic map that could guide aliens to Earth.) ...

Watch for the magnificent Milky Way to make its appearance this month. Dark skies show it best, so try to see it from the countryside when there's not much of a moon. The best nights are May 1 and ...

As twilight fades to night these May evenings, Mars stands out in the northern sky. It begins the month near the center of Cancer the Crab not far from the magnificent Beehive star cluster (M44). The ...