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Love astronomy, but don't like to stay up late? Here are the top 10 space objects you can see - under the right conditions - during the day.

The famous comet Halley spawns both the May Eta Aquariid meteor shower and the October Orionid meteor shower.

There are plenty of myths that surround the moon. Here are 5 of the more popular myths. How many of these myths have you been led to believe?

Retrograde motion of Jupiter or Mars or Saturn in our sky is an illusion, a trick of perspective. But there's a real retrograde motion, too.

Look for the peak of the Eta Aquariid meteor shower in the dark hours before sunrise on May 5, 2022. Those in the Southern Hemisphere get the best show.

The next total solar eclipse visible from North America will be on April 8, 2024. Find charts and learn more about eclipses here.

Coma Berenices is the constellation of Queen Berenice's Hair. It used to be the tail of Leo the Lion before it became its own constellation.

Celebrate dark night skies and limit light pollution by raising awareness with International Dark Sky Week, April 22 to 30, 2022. Find global events here.

Many stargazers call it the finest globular cluster in the northern half of the heavens. It's M13, also known as the Great Cluster in Hercules.

Sun time and clock agree every year in mid-April. It means that, when the midday sun climbs highest, both sundial and your local clock read 12 noon.