To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as an incoming solar storm could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight.

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

In an extraordinary celestial coincidence, two "new stars" —scientifically known as novae —are currently visible to the naked ...

The Buck Moon rises on July 10. The full moon of July, also called the Buck Moon, will rise on July 10.

A rare nova, V462 Lupi, is making a bright appearance in the night sky in the Lupus constellation. Here's what to know.

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed large-scale radio observations of a ...

The month that brings the anniversary of the lunar landing also features great meteor showers and Manhattanhenge's second act ...

Stargazing in July hopefully promises warm nights in Wyoming. The highlight of July evenings is the prominent band of the Milky Way arcing across the dark skies. Along the Milky Way, you’ll spot the ...

As summer deepens in the Northern Hemisphere, a familiar constellation rises with the galatic core of the Milky Way each evening: Scorpius the Scorpion. One of the 12 zodiacal constellations, Scorpius ...