The night sky can be a wondrous place filled with stars, but there are some brilliant celestial lights that shine brighter than others. In busy cities, you may only be able to see the brightest ...

One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it to produce a one-of-a-kind eclipse. The event should be visible to millions of ...

Betelgeuse, the most famous red supergiant star and one of the sky's brightest, will disappear for up to 12 seconds during an ultra-rare occultation by asteroid 319 Leona. When you purchase ...

Credit: ESA/DPAC/Airbus DS Under ideal night sky conditions, stars appear as point sources in an exact location – pinpricks of neatly identifiable light. However, with Earth’s inherently ...

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 ...

To an untrained eye, the night sky appears very much a mystery. The multitude of stars that join our planets in populating an evening sky are fairly anonymous. The brightest star, and the nearest ...

One starting point is to learn to find the brightest ones. In a rural sky dense with stars, the brightest serve as helpful signposts to orient yourself. And even just outside of cities ...

Here’s how it works. 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 ...

T CrB will become, at best, the 50th brightest star in the night sky – brighter than only half the stars in the Big Dipper. It might take some effort to find, but if you have the time ...

Any night now, a "new star" or nova will appear in the night sky. While it won't set the sky ablaze, it's a special opportunity to see a rare event that's usually difficult to predict in advance.