The month brings a spectacular lineup of celestial sights—including a rare chance to see Mercury without a telescope and a "micro" new moon. A super “beaver moon” rises behind Monte Prena in Italy’s ...

When many meteors appear to streak from the same point in the night sky, that point is known as the radiant. This year the ...

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The universe is full of events and elements that are still unknown. The unknowns are innumerable, but little by little some ...

YR4, the "city-killer" asteroid that briefly made headlines last year due to a small but non-zero chance that it may hit the ...

Coloradans willing to bundle up beneath the stars this month will have the chance to enjoy four meteor showers. While the nights in the mountains are growing colder, Colorado astronomy guide Mark ...

Fresh off the peak of the Orionid Meteor Shower in October, we have yet another shower peaking over the next week. Actually, it’s two meteor showers, the Northern and Southern Taurid Meteor Showers.

WASHINGTON — Three meteor showers will light up the sky in November, giving stargazers a potentially action-packed month. The Taurids will peak on Wednesday, Nov. 5. The meteor shower consists of the ...