The Lyrids and Eta Aquarids meteor showers can both be seen starting in late April, with viewing opportunities in both the northern and southern hemispheres ...

Face north after darkness falls and the prominent constellations Taurus ... and the Sun illuminates 28 percent of its Earth-facing hemisphere. Like Venus, Mercury passed through inferior ...

However, in the constellations we see ... which is visible mostly from the Southern Hemisphere. This binary star system is ...

These particular meteors originate from Comet Thatcher, and during the peak are capable of creating surges of 100 meteors per ...

The Lyrids are the product of a comet called C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) that has a roughly 422-year orbit around the Sun; their ...

Those in the Southern Hemisphere will likely see a higher rate of Aquariids at peak due to the radiant of the shower (aka the constellation Aquarius) being higher in the sky than in the North.

The first meteor shower of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, the Lyrids, will peak overnight on April 21-22. This year, the annual meteor shower will peak in virtually moonless night skies, which ...

As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

Rabat - The Oukaimeden Astronomical Observatory, affiliated with Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, has announced an ...

Here in the Southern Hemisphere we see stars and constellations that are not visible from the Northern Hemisphere. We also benefit from all the dark areas far from the sky glow that is created by ...