May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

The moon will slide in front of the red supergiant star Antares on May 13, briefly blocking its light just a day after ...

Amateur astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a colorful view of the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region alongside Messier 4 ...

May’s night sky is packed with celestial activity, offering stargazers a spectacular month of planetary pairings, ancient star clusters, and shimmering meteor trails. As reported by National ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer recently unveiled a stunning image of the Rho Ophiuchi stellar nursery and Messier 4 globular cluster, taken during a Texas stargazing event.

ABSTRACT In this paper, we investigate the behavior of the λ3883 CN absorption bands in the spectra of red giants in the globular cluster Messier 4. Data from three literature ... or mass transfer ...

Once a year, this planet passes through a celestial beehive typically seen in the night sky during the spring. And it's about to do it again.

The Beehive star cluster, aka Messier 44, or the Praesepe ... the planet's progress from one night to the next with your unaided eyes. On Sunday night, May 4, Mars crosses the northern outskirts of ...

Now they are revisiting the star cluster Messier 72 (M72). M72 is a collection of stars, formally known as a globular cluster, located in the constellation Aquarius roughly 50,000 light-years from ...

On this day, stars from Messier 4, the closest globular cluster to Earth ... Thus, people will be able to see the bright "morning star" in the pre-dawn hours in striking views.