Active from April 16-25, the Lyrid meteor shower can produce particularly bright "shooting stars" known as fireballs, which ...

With meteor showers and other celestial events lighting up the sky throughout April, astronomers predict an exciting month of ...

A faint star in a constellation visible from the Northern Hemisphere after dark may explode on Thursday in what's going to be a once in 80 years occurrence.

You can tell spring has officially begun in the Northern Hemisphere just by looking at the stars. Here's how to easily spot the Spring Triangle without a telescope.

Skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere are in for a treat this week! The annual Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest known, will peak on the night o ...

No need to Google the vernal equinox; to work out when the season officially begins, you only need to look at the stars. The ...

Spring officially begins today (March 20) with the vernal equinox, bringing longer days and warmer temperatures to the Northern Hemisphere. The vernal equinox signals the astronomical start of ...

Skygazers across a broad swathe of the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance to see the Moon take a bite out of the Sun on Saturday when a partial solar eclipse sweeps from eastern Canada to Siberia.