When we have five or more planets filing into a small sky area, an alignment is upgraded to parade status. Parade is not an ...

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), popularly known as the "Blaze Star," is surely on the verge of a rare and dramatic brightening.

It was around 1870 when the British physicist John William Strutt, better known as Lord Rayleigh, first found an explanation for why the sky is blue: Blue light from the Sun is scattered the most when ...

Six planets are currently gracing our night sky, forming an arc on our celestial dome. From west to east: Saturn, Mercury, ...

Look north after dark tonight to find the curved form of the Little Dipper. The smaller of the two famous dipper-shaped asterisms in the northern sky, the Little Dipper extends from the North Star ...

March’s night sky brings a total lunar eclipse, a rare chance to see Mercury, and shifting planets. Don’t miss these ...

Astronomers explain the science behind March’s Blood Worm Moon, a total lunar eclipse turning the moon red overnight.

Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s ...

While much of what you've been hearing about a "Planetary Parade," is pure hype, you still do have reason to look into the ...

In March the bright winter constellations of Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga fill the southern sky stretching all the way to zenith — the point directly overhead. Directly ...