Mars starts May not far from the Beehive star cluster, Venus is unmistakable in the predawn sky, and Mercury looks best early ...

At 41 degrees south latitude, you would see seasonal changes of all of the southern hemisphere stars. The circumpolar constellations are Carina, Centaurus and Crux.

Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars themselves, but that is not the case at all.

from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can ...

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events ... A telescope will reveal its dense core and halo of faint stars. (Explore the galactic map that could guide aliens to Earth.) ...

Have a look every night ... the Southern Cross, the most famous southern constellation. It’s also the smallest constellation. About halfway up in the southern sky is a long line of stars that ...

This was the impetus for Montana’s Trail to the Stars initiative, which was created to capitalize on the natural resource that is the untampered night sky ... to a global map of light pollution.

Approximately five metres across, it was made of sheet metal perforated with a star map. When viewed from the inside, the light shining through 692 pinholes replicated the Chicago night sky.

A geomagnetic storm could erupt over Earth Wednesday night, resulting in the potential to see the northern lights in the night sky ... blob on the map intensifies into red. For southern New ...

The Aquarids meteor shower is set to peak this week. Everyone in the U.S. will have a chance to catch a glimpse.

The asteroid will reach its highest point in the night sky ... southern horizon. The asteroid Vesta will be within the 10 degree space to the upper right of Zubeneschamali, the brightest star ...