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See the best deep-sky photos of April 2026
Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos for April 2026 from our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, we'd love to see it!
May 3, 2026
Hurricane Preparedness Week: Tips to stay safe this season
Hurricane Preparedness Week is May 4 to 10, 2025. Do you have your hurricane kit and evacuation plan ready? Get tips on how to stay safe here.
May 1, 2026
May 1 full moon is a Flower Moon and micromoon
The 1st May full moon happens on May 1. It'll look full on the nights before and after that, too. The 2nd May full moon - a Blue Moon - will fall on May 30-31.
May 1, 2026
Surprise! A Jupiter-like exoplanet with water-ice clouds
A Jupiter-like exoplanet with water-ice clouds? NASA's Webb space telescope has found the 1st signs of cirrus-like clouds on exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab.
May 1, 2026
Venus greatest distance from the morning sun January 2027
Look for Venus before sunrise. It's blazingly bright, and still visible in the morning twilight! It'll be in the morning sky through November.
May 1, 2026
Happy May Day! Today is an astronomy holiday
Happy May Day! This annual celebration has its roots in astronomy as 1 of 4 cross-quarter days. Dancing around a maypole is a traditional May Day celebration.
May 1, 2026
Sun activity archive for May 2026
Sun activity archive for May 2026. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.
May 1, 2026
May birthstone: The magnificent green emerald
Happy birthday, May babies! The May birthstone is the emerald, a stone once worn by royalty in ancient Babylon and Egypt.
May 1, 2026
Taurid meteors in 2026: All you need to know
You might see Taurid meteors from late October to early November. Expect up to 10 meteors per hour, and some of them might be fireballs.
May 1, 2026
Western US wildfires fewer, but more destructive
A look at western US wildfires over the past 30 years shows they are becoming less frequent. But fires that pop up are also larger and more damaging.
April 30, 2026
