In advance of a star called T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) or the “Blaze Star” exploding in a very rare event, NASA is advising ...

From Lowell Observatory to Kitt Peak to Mount Graham, here are the 11 best planetariums and observatories in Arizona and ...

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

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 ...

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

In early May 2025 the annually recurring Eta Aquariid meteor shower will grace the night sky. The meter shower peaks on May 5 ...

Families can explore the night sky through telescopes on May 3 in Muskegon, West Olive and Lowell, with activities ranging ...

Skywatchers can enjoy a celestial alignment of the crescent moon, Venus, and Saturn on April 25, with Mercury visible near ...

"Just as blue sunlight scatters in the Earth's atmosphere and makes the sun look slightly less blue, light from a strong blue, rich white street light enters your eyeball, scatters around in your ...

The SPHEREx mission will map the universe in both optical and near-infrared light. In the month since arriving at its orbit ...

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

A reddish star is about to pass through a "beehive" of stars. That "star" is actually one of Earth's planetary neighbors.