November's Beaver Moon will appear in the sky next to the gorgeous Pleiades star cluster, also known as the "Seven Sisters." ...
The moon isn't merely a white sphere; it's a textured gray globe shaped by billions of years of impacts. I remember the first time I realized it's possible to see Jupiter without a telescope. I'd ...
You can watch the full moon rise live from Italy, in a free livestream courtesy of astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual ...
This moon will coincide with other celestial events, including the Leonid meteor shower and the Pleiades star cluster. Here ...
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere ...
The Full Super Moon occults the Pleiades, the ice giant Uranus reaches opposition, and the Leonid meteor shower peaks in the ...
Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...
Stargazing has got to be the easiest hobby in the galaxy. All you have to do is get somewhere really dark, away from any light pollution and look up at a clear night sky. While simply staring up at ...
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...
The ability to see the shooting stars depends on clear nighttime skies, as a bright waning gibbous moon moves between ... of the brightest stars in the night sky. "Each time that Halley returns ...
Get past the fake science, and the Taurid meteor shower foreshadows what could, one day, pose a troubling scenario.
satellites will continue to outshine the stars, and darken the beauty of the night sky. The nighttime sky has lost its virginity, and there’s no going back. At least the moon still looks like it ...