April evenings provide views of the two brightest planets, though only one stands out. Jupiter gleams at magnitude –2.1 and ...

At 10:11 p.m. ET on April 1, the night sky will be illuminated by the arrival of the 'Pink' full moon. While its name might ...

On the other side of the evening sky resides September's gem, Saturn. The ringed world reaches opposition and peak visibility Sept. 21, when it lies opposite the Sun in our sky and remains visible all ...

A fragile, fast-moving comet could briefly appear after sunset this April, giving travelers a rare reason to chase the ...

All these celestial events make the month of April a special time for night sky viewing.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory sits on its mountain peak in Chile during observation activities in April 2025. The observatory will soon begin real-time nightly monitoring of the entire Southern ...

This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5. Astronomers studying the night sky from the Southern Hemisphere have uncovered a supernova — the ...

Astronomers estimate that only about 500 stars remain visible in many major cities. However, the number immediately changes ...

Early March finds us in a dramatic lull as far as viewing naked-eye planets goes, with four of them being uncomfortably close to the Sun for observation. Fortunately, that fate doesn’t apply to ...