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 ...

Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.

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

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

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events ... Captured by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, this view shows Saturn during an equinox—an event that happens only twice each Saturn year ...

Long-exposure landscape photos can capture the Moon, Mars, and Beehive all together in the sky, while pairing your camera with a telescope will show the ruddy planet amid the sparkling blue-white ...

Spring Constellations dominate the night sky during the month of May. To the south, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, ...

And Venus is putting on a brilliant show as the Morning Star, rising around 4am in the east. To its lower right – and 200 ...

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Only two naked-eye planets remain in the evening sky — down from four back in February ... Now two months past its conjunction with the sun back in March, Saturn is emerging from the dawn ...