Astrophotographer Riste Spiroski has captured a striking view of the moon and Jupiter in the sky over Lake Ohrid, one of ...

Arguably, the highlight for astrophotographers this month is comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN)’s brush with the Pleiades open cluster to ...

It’s a busy month for Mars and the moon—not to mention the Eta Aquariid meteor shower. Here’s what to watch for, and when.

Spring Constellations dominate the night sky during the month of May. To the south, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, ...

May 2025 has a couple of fun astronomical events that may have you looking to the skies. May is when we’ll have opportunities to see a meteor shower, the flower moon, 2 globular star ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked eye sometime in the coming months. When it happens, the nova will ...

The Beehive cluster, located about 577 light ... night of May 22, the planet will be just 2°28’—or the distance of about 2.5 pinky fingers at arm’s length—away from the waning crescent moon.

The upcoming month has a lot to live up to after all the stunning night sky events so far in ... and a rare cosmic 'smiley face' when the crescent Moon met Venus and Saturn in the morning sky.

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

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NASA has revealed its top skywatching tips for May, and they include a meteor shower, lots of planets, and possibly a nova.