The night sky will have a variety of rare occurrences this month, from a meteor shower to a micro moon. Stargazers will want ...

Amateur astronomers can also spot a plethora of planets and a full moon during select cloud-free nights. Here’s what to know about the upcoming celestial sights: When to watch Lyrid meteor shower in ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

Celestial navigation has been practiced for thousands of years. In theory, all you need is your eyes and some knowledge of how the Sun, Moon and stars move in the skies throughout the seasons to ...

As the moon approaches Venus and Saturn, a lopsided celestial smile will emerge across the eastern sky. The closest new supermoon of the year arrives April 27. The moon will be 221,917 miles from ...

The full moon will occult the star Spica only 28 minutes later for observers ... When the moon is exactly on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, you have a full moon.

And as this season begins, it will feature many sun and moon highlights in the sky ... Jupiter will gradually move eastward among the stars of Taurus, passing between the stars that mark ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

As the countdown to the year's first total lunar eclipse begins, here's what to know about the difference between a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse.

From Manchester, the close approach will become visible at around 8.37pm (BST) about 30 degrees above the western horizon, ...