Antares, a red supergiant star in the constellation Scorpius, shines as the bright-red sparkle at the center of the image. (Image credit: Babak Tafreshi/TWAN) ...

On Monday, Jan. 8, the waning crescent moon will occult the 1st-magnitude red supergiant star Antares, one of the brightest stars in the sky.

Our satellite hangs out with the heart of the Scorpion, known for its vivid red hue as the Rival of Mars in our sky.

The waxing gibbous moon will shine close to the red star Antares in the constellation Scorpius on the night of June 9. As a red supergiant, Antares boasts a diameter 700 times greater than our sun ...

Antares is a supergiant star of gargantuan size, almost 700 times the diameter of the Sun. If the center of Antares were placed over the Sun, the surface would reach out almost to the orbit of ...

This week we have a close conjunction between the near-Full Moon and the bright, red supergiant star Antares. Look south in the early morning sky on May 24 and you’ll see these two celestial ...

Bluish-white Regulus in Leo is moving toward the western horizon and sets around 10 p.m. in mid-July, followed a couple of ...

By Kat Troche As summer deepens in the Northern Hemisphere, a familiar constellation rises with the galactic core of the ...

The full "Flower Moon" rises this week. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images See A Red Supergiant Star Beside The Full' Flower Moon:' The Night Sky This Week ...

The month of July 2025 is filled with several enjoyable celestial events. The range of events includes the first meteor ...

For a really big star astronomers look to Antares, a red supergiant 400,000,000 miles in diameter. All stars are globes of hot gas. Antares is relatively cool, its gaseous density very low.

Friday, June 30: Moon And Antares A 92%-lit moon will tonight be visible rising up from the eastern horizon close to red supergiant star Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius.