A bright meteor was caught in many dashcam videos - in broad daylight - on April 6, 2019, over the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk. See a video compilation here.
The NASA Twins study - featuring astronaut twins Scott and Mark Kelly - was the perfect space experiment. Scott spent a year in space aboard the International Space Station. Mark remained on Earth. The results?
On April 16, 17 and 18, 2019, look for the brilliant waxing gibbous moon plus 2 bright and beautiful stars, Arcturus and Spica. Then learn to find Arcturus and Spica when the moon has moved away.
Rain takes different forms on the planets and moons of our solar system. But it also "rains" on the sun, as electrified gas drips from giant magnetic loops in the sun's outer atmosphere. Read about the sun's coronal rain.
Einstein's theory was confirmed in 1919, when British astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington measured the bending of starlight around the sun during a total solar eclipse. And it's been re-confirmed since. How about now?
Around now, look for Mercury below Venus before sunrise. Both will be in the east, near the sunrise point. Venus is very bright; Mercury is fainter and closer to the sunrise. On April 16, 2019, Mercury and Venus will be closest in the morning sky for all of 2019. They should fit into a single binocular field.
Cancer the Crab is famous, but faint. You likely won't see it tonight, in the moon's glare. But you'll see bright stars around it, and they can guide you to Cancer when the moon moves away.