The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaked on May 5-6, and the astrophotography community were there to watch it unfold.

Incidentally, one way that you can tell the difference between a star and a planet in the night sky is that planets do not ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong ...

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

If you’re yet to capture “Earthshine” on a crescent moon, May 2025 is the month for plenty of practice. Your first chance ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked eye sometime in the coming months. When it happens, the nova will ...

With sunlight reflecting off their solar sails, at times satellites can be brighter than the stars that, from our viewpoint, surround them, and there are enough of them to brighten the night sky.