May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

The micromoon refers to a full moon that rises when the celestial body is the farthest from Earth, which NASA states is about a 251,000-mile distance.

The moon will be 98% full Friday night, 100% full Saturday night and 100% full Sunday night as well, so there will be a few good opportunities to see it glowing in the sky if the clouds stay away.

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 ...

It is rare when we highlight a celestial event (or events) that involves the zodiacal constellation of Cancer the Crab. In ...

Learn how planet Earth’s only natural satellite was formed, its weird features like a black sky and extreme temperatures and ...

A newly found, huge cloud near our solar system probably won't form stars, but will rather disperse as part of a feedback ...

The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...

There have been some wacky weather swings in the D.C. region these past few weeks and the clouds will dominate until Sunday, which will likely prevent seeing the night sky and moon until then.

If it could be seen with the naked eye, it would be many times larger than the full moon in the night sky. Molecular clouds are structures of interstellar gas that consist mainly of molecular ...

Today, we know that M44 contains about 1,000 gravitationally bound stars, and that it’s about 577 light-years away from Earth ...