Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was that rare type of comet that arrived with fanfare and lived up to the hype, serving up naked-eye views ...

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

The Red Planet will meet a beautiful star cluster called the Beehive on Friday (May 2). Also known as M44, the cluster will ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

What's happening in the skies over North Texas this month? May holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky.

The Eta Aquariid shower is caused by debris from comet 1P/Halley ... All month, Venus and Saturn will be visible in the morning night sky, low on the horizon. "Low in the eastern sky each morning ...

As May commences, Jupiter, resembling a luminous golden star within the constellation Taurus, shines high above the western ...

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.