The bright star Spica will appear to dance around Earth's moon on the night of May 9. Here's how to catch the celestial pair ...

Monday is the last day to catch May's full moon, known as the "Flower Moon" The nickname is to signify the many blossoms of spring. May's full moon also is a micro-moon. This occurs when the moon is ...

Molecular clouds are composed of gas and dust and serve a vital purpose in star formation. Eos, a crescent-shaped gas cloud, ...

Today, we know that M44 contains about 1,000 gravitationally bound stars, and that it’s about 577 light-years away from Earth ...

The Moon passes just 0.4° south of Virgo the Maiden's bright alpha star, Spica, early on the morning of May 10.

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

Despite decades of searching for this signal, astronomers have yet to find it. The problem is that our Earth is too noisy, ...

Venus dominates as the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east-southeast before dawn; the Eta Aquariid meteor shower takes place ...

A view of Antarctica & the moon can be seen in footage captured by the Meteosat-11 satellte. Credit: Simon Proud / NCEO and EUMETSAT | mash mix by Space.com ...

Have you ever wondered where Earth’s moon is from ... and you can even enjoy seeing the stars during the day. The moon’s outer atmosphere, called the exosphere, is very thin, and it does ...

SINGAPORE: On Tuesday (May 13), skywatchers in Singapore can catch a glimpse of the second and final micro full moon of 2025 ...