As the night sky became polluted with light from electrified cities, people built planetariums. Today, they’re more ...

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

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

NBA star Ben Simmons perfectly leaned into the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" theme for the 2024 Met. Designed by ...

NASA has revealed its top skywatching tips for May, and they include a meteor shower, lots of planets, and possibly a nova.

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 ...

Needles sits along the Colorado River on the California-Arizona border. This desert town offers wide-open spaces that give your mind room to unwind. The Colorado River provides endless recreation ...

The Croc's Eye and Whirlpool galaxies shine in astrophotography captured by Vermont-based night sky enthusiast Dr. Michele ...

Photographer Riste Spiroski snapped a striking view of the moon and Jupiter hanging over the ancient lake Ohrid in northern ...

NASA's SPHEREx space observatory has spent the last six weeks undergoing checkouts, calibrations, and other activities to ...

May 2025 offers some spectacular celestial sights, from a bright comet and a meteor shower to a full Flower Moon. Here’s what ...

Telescopes provide closeup views of Jupiter and its four largest moons discovered by Galileo, and of Mars. Although Mars is ...