Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that simultaneous stellar explosions have been visible to the naked eye in recorded ...

A dim star in the night sky 3,000 light-years from our solar system could soon become visible to the naked eye for the first time since 1946 — and you can easily find it in the night sky.

Triangle is a formation of stellar bodies called an asterism, made up of the bright stars Vega, Deneb and Altair.

T Coronae Borealis, a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth, is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. And if the recurring nova follows its usual pattern, we can expect to see ...

'Christmas Star' to grace the night sky this weekend. How to see multiple phenomenons happening in space over the coming days. By Julia Jacobo. December 5, 2024, 5:14 AM. 2:03.

If you missed out on the annular eclipse and the total eclipse in the past 12 months, there's about to be another once-in-a-lifetime sky-watching event — and this one should last several days.

A crescent moon will appear alongside the bright stars Castor and Pollox to form a lopsided grin in the night sky on May 29. Skywatchers in the U.S. will find the cosmic smile hanging above the ...

On December 4, Venus—which is the brightest natural object in the night sky after the moon—will be accompanied by a slim crescent moon. "Venus is hard to miss in the southwest after sunset ...

Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, aka the Dog Star. Sirius is so dazzling because, at only 8.6 light years away, it is one of the closest stars to Earth.

Known as the “dog star” for its place amid the constellation Canis Major, Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. The vivid star is one of the nearest to Earth, at just 8.6 light-years ...

'Christmas Star' to grace the night sky this weekend. By Julia Jacobo. Friday, December 6, 2024. A trifecta of stargazing events could be visible in space in the coming days.