Stars twinkle and sometimes appear to move around due to our atmosphere “scrambling” their light as it travels to our eyes.

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Although the Moon is bright, step outside early this morning to see if you can spot some fast-moving meteors left behind by ...

Without our satellite, Earth’s geology, biology, and climate — even human philosophy — would be vastly different.

Early in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s science fiction blockbuster “Project Hail Mary,” middle school teacher Ryland Grace, played by Ryan Gosling, is tasked by an international coalition to ...

Just over 40 years ago, in his novel Contact, astronomer Carl Sagan imagined what it would be like to detect radio signals beamed from other intelligent lifeforms in the galaxy. In the story, these ...

Venus and Jupiter are the top evening features for your observing run after sunset in May. Jupiter also hosts a handful of exciting double transits — and double shadow transits — involving Europa and ...

Like April, May opens with a Full Moon as our satellite officially reaches this phase at 1:23 P.M. EDT. The month of May also carries 2026’s first — and only — Blue Moon, with a second Full Moon ...

This week, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to observe the Eta Aquariid meteor shower, which peaks on May 5. Although the glare of the Moon will wash out fainter meteors, you ...

The evening sky presents quite a show this month. The bright planets Venus and Jupiter shine prominently in the northwest as the sky darkens. It’s best to look for Venus first. The brilliant planet ...

The Moon rises around 10:30 P.M. local daylight time in northwestern Scorpius and passes 0.5° south of Alpha (α) Scorpii, better known as Antares, at 11 P.M. EDT. Some locations in the Southern ...