Mars starts May not far from the Beehive star cluster, Venus is unmistakable in the predawn sky, and Mercury looks best early ...

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

At 41 degrees south latitude, you would see seasonal changes of all of the southern hemisphere stars. The circumpolar ...

Pulling the plastic bins down the rough pavement of my driveway, I stare up at a smattering of stars and planets. I can’t see that many; the band of the Milky Way that I used to see nightly when I ...

At our latitude we reach a point in late May when astronomical twilight lingers all night, and will do so until mid-July. So over this period it never gets completely dark at night. By the last week ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

Spoiler warning: Below there will be information about today's New York Times Strands puzzle.

As May commences, Jupiter, resembling a luminous golden star within the constellation Taurus, shines high above the western ...

Your eyes will be drawn here to Rigel (Beta Orionis) and Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis), two of the brightest stars in the sky. Within the constellation Crux is an asterism called the Southern Cross.