The moon will slide in front of the red supergiant star Antares on May 13, briefly blocking its light just a day after ...

Of the more than 5,000 exoplanets that have been confirmed so far and many more thousands of candidates, most orbit stars the ...

Any day now, a massive stellar blast dubbed "the Blaze Star" could light up the night sky so brightly, you won't even need a ...

With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong ...

There’s a lot to see in the night sky — the familiar Moon, stars and planets. But there’s the unexpected, too — something ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked ...

Despite light pollution, locals have options when looking to explore the stars. The Sacramento State Planetarium, Community ...

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

Once you’ve created a great-looking image of the night sky — with sharp stars (zoom in on your camera’s LCD screen to achieve ...