The answer is somewhat simple: The moon and stars are always somewhere in the sky, but we can’t always see them. "The sun is so bright during the day that it kind of drowns out the light from ...

Around 16-17 June, Mars will appear to pass close to Regulus, the bright star at the heart of the constellation Leo, the lion ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...

is expected to go nova any day now, which will temporarily transform it from a nearly invisible star to one of the night sky's brightest. "This very rare, naked-eye-visible recurring nova only ...

And if the recurring nova follows its usual pattern, we can expect to see a new, albeit temporary, star appearing in our night sky any day now ... data before, during, and after the explosion.

It quickly brightened, becoming visible even during the day for the next 23 days ... T CrB will become, at best, the 50th brightest star in the night sky—brighter than only half the stars in the Big ...

The way the stars are arranged has been the same for ... Sometimes, we can learn about the night sky during the day! This is ...

Shooting stars will usher ... witness one pass through the sky. Joshua Tree National Park, a frequent refuge for stargazers, is preparing for a surge of visitors during the Perseid meteor shower ...

even during the day. To find Betelgeuse in the April night sky, you need only look to the western sky soon after sunset, and locate the three bright stars Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka that line up ...

To see the moon during the day, the moon would have to be in the opposite part of the sky that the sun is in, too. This gives the Moon the ability to reflect more of the sun's light. Since the sun ...

The once-in-a-lifetime explosion of T Coronae Borealis, also known as the "Blaze Star," is ... in the night sky, created using planetarium software. Look up after sunset during summer months ...