Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, May 8Pluto is stationary at 7 A.M. EDT in Capricornus, although ...

On April 1, 2026, four astronauts strapped into the Orion spacecraft and rode a rocket into history. Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy ...

Like April, May opens with a Full Moon as our satellite officially reaches this phase at 1:23 P.M. EDT. The month of May also carries 2026’s first — and only — Blue Moon, with a second Full Moon ...

Venus and Jupiter are the top evening features for your observing run after sunset in May. Jupiter also hosts a handful of exciting double transits — and double shadow transits — involving Europa and ...

NASA crashed the Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter to save Europa. Discover the impossible secrets revealed during its hellish ...

NASA’s Galileo spacecraft uncovered violent conditions inside Jupiter before its mission ended in the giant planet.

The evening sky presents quite a show this month. The bright planets Venus and Jupiter shine prominently in the northwest as the sky darkens. It's best to look for Venus first. The brilliant planet ...

GameCentral prepares for the launch of Directive 8020 by listing some of the best sci-fi horror video games ever made, from ...

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Pluto was believed to be the only body beyond Neptune with an atmosphere. Now, a new discovery in our solar system is ...

May's full moon rises as flowers bloom across the northern hemisphere.

If confirmed, the rock would become just the second world past Neptune in our solar system to host an atmosphere.