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

Comets are notoriously unpredictable. Some of the most spectacular of these icy visitors pop up unexpectedly, careening ...

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

Once you remember that the sun also orbits the solar system's common center of mass, it all makes sense. Our sun is wobbling, and this has a huge impact upon the regularity of many of Earth's meteor ...

The constellations overhead in May are dominated by Leo the Lion and Ursa Major the Great Bear. Leo is easy to pick out by spotting a large backward question mark known as the Sickle. The bright star ...

Stargazers can see clusters of shooting stars and planets lighting up the California night sky in May. Stunning streams of comet dust will dash across the sky when the Eta Aquarid meteor shower ...

For those of you who love to do some stargazing during the warmer months, now is a great time to get outside and look up.