A crescent moon will appear alongside the bright stars Castor and Pollox to form a lopsided grin in the night sky on May 29.

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

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The new moon phase will leave the night sky especially dark, offering a rare and excellent opportunity for observers to take ...

A dim star in the night sky 3,000 light-years from our solar system could soon become visible to the naked eye for the first ...

Vega moves in a different plane than the planets in ... like our own sun—and it’s the brightest yellow star in the night sky. Though it appears as a single point of light to the naked eye ...

From the Beehive Cluster to planets and constellations, these are the best sights to search for over the next couple months.

which look like very bright and steady silvery lights in the night sky with the unaided eye. But it can be a much different story when we speak of the bright stars, especially in the case of the ...

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Polaris remains fixed in the night sky as Earth rotates, so this star is vital for navigation. The position of Polaris changes at different latitude positions. Here in northeast Ohio ...

Here’s how it works. A dim star in the night sky 3,000 light-years from our solar system could soon become visible to the naked eye for the first time since 1946 — and you can easily find it ...