The Milky Way Galaxy contains an estimated 400 billion stars, with the faintest (M dwarfs) posing challenges to accurate counts. The Perseus Moving Group (Melotte 20), a cluster containing ...

The crescent moon will shine with Jupiter among the stars of Gemini early on Sept. 16. Turn your eyes to the east in the early morning hours of Sept. 16 to see the moon conspire with Jupiter and the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Where have the stars gone? As a child, I’d joke with friends about stars. In our brains, the Milky Way was a candy bar, not a celestial beacon that lit nights. Our teachers reminded ...

*Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset are given in local time from 40° N 90° W. The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location. For a look ahead at more ...

The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a striking celestial rendezvous that should be visible across the U.S. But unless you're willing to wake up before ...

The Moon passes 0.8° north of Venus and 1.3° north of magnitude 1.4 Regulus at 8 A.M. EDT, all with Venus less than 0.5° from Regulus as well. The trio rises together around 4:30 A.M. local daylight ...