The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.

May 2025 offers a chance to observe four bright planets: Venus and Saturn: These two planets start the month close together in the eastern sky before sunrise. As the month progresses, Saturn gradually ...

Look west this evening after sunset to catch a glimpse of bright Jupiter, slowly setting between the horns of Taurus the Bull ...

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

Earth-like exoplanets might be more common throughout the Milky Way than previously believed, astronomers report in a new ...

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 ...

Life is full of trade-offs, and stargazing is no different. Nights are certainly warmer, but you have to stay up much later ...

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

Juno’s latest discoveries have pulled back the veil on Jupiter’s harsh atmosphere and the fiery volcanic world of Io. The ...

The predawn morning sky is now as interesting as the evening sky with super-bright Venus and medium-bright Saturn gracing the ...

The constellations overhead in May are dominated by Leo the Lion and Ursa Major the Great Bear. Leo is easy to pick out by spotting a large backward question mark known as the Sickle. The bright star ...

Venus dominates as the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east-southeast before dawn; the Eta Aquariid meteor shower takes place ...