The glow of the moon will even cast faint shadows on the ground, a rare effect visible only during the most intense ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during November 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

The month brings a spectacular lineup of celestial sights—including a rare chance to see Mercury without a telescope and a ...

Every year in October, as a result of the dust left behind by comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, the sky puts on a magical show: the ...

Anyone casually looking at the moon next week is probably going to think it’s pretty big in the night sky. What could it mean? The moon looks bigger in the night sky because it is in perigee, or the ...

And considerably removed from this summer retinue, brilliant topaz Arcturus holds forth in solitary splendor in the western sky. Double color Probably the most colorful double star in the night sky ...

October’s night sky is set to dazzle, featuring a radiant supermoon, the fiery Draconid meteor shower, and the sparkling Orionids. As the full moon reaches its largest and brightest on October 6, ...

After sunset on Oct. 5, the bright waxing gibbous moon and Saturn will tango above the eastern horizon. The two will travel together through the sky all night. Neptune, which is visible only by ...