This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you should be looking up. The Milky Way and its core region in ...

With a little magnification, it’s possible to access another level of the night sky, revealing open clusters of stars, the Milky Way and detail on the surface of the moon.

Start the first full week of May under the night sky with the peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. This shower produces meteors that originate from Halley's Comet.

Catch meteors, planets, and possibly a new star as May serves up dazzling views and a rare nova waiting to burst into sight. May skies are brimming with action: shooting stars from Halley’s Comet, ...

Briefly visible to those in the Northern Hemisphere in early-to-mid April, C/2025 F2 (SWAN) got closest to the sun on 1 May and promises to shine at 5th-magnitude low in the western sky after sunset.

LAKE PLACID — For celestial enthusiasts, the past several days have been a celebration of the night. This week is International Dark Sky Week. Founded in 2003 by Jennifer Barlow, then a 15-year ...

What's Visible in Night Sky May 2025—Flower Moon, Meteors, Saturn Returns Published Apr 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM EDT Updated Apr 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM EDT By Rachael O'Connor ...

Head’s up, skywatchers, as April closes out, the night sky will include a crescent moon alignment this week on Friday, April 25. The grouping of planets will include bright Venus, Saturn, and ...

The waning moon won't be seen until after 3:30 a.m. local time, so there won't be any outshining of the faint meteors by the moon. You can see around 15 to 20 metres under a dark sky if you are ...

“No, the meteorite that exploded last night isn't an excuse to talk to your ex,” someone wrote on X, over a GIF of dinosaurs walking through a meteorite shower. Soon, photos of the fireball ...

How to watch the Lyrids The Lyrids are best viewed during the night's dark hours, per NASA. Though named after Lyra because the meteors seem to emerge — or radiate — from near the Vega star in ...

The season will kick off with the Lyrid meteor shower — with some meteors becoming visible on April 17. This annual shower is expected to reach its peak and generate its highest number of ...