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Night sky, April 2026: What you can see tonight [maps]
Find out what's up in your night sky during April 2026 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.
If you have binoculars, you may even spot some of Jupiter’s largest moons as tiny pinpoints beside the planet
Ten years ago there were about 1,500 satellites. Today about 15,000 satellites cross the night sky and one company is proposing a million more.
See Venus and Uranus in conjunction on Thursday, April 23, as the “Evening Star” sweeps close to the Pleiades open star cluster.
If you step outside after sunset, you might catch one of the season’s loveliest celestial meetups as dazzling Venus shimmers close to Uranus and the sparkling Pleiades star cluster
A waxing crescent moon will pass just a few degrees from Jupiter tonight, creating one of April’s most striking naked-eye sky pairings.
Spring is known as “galaxy season,” but that’s not all April’s nightscapes have in store. Here’s what to find while you’re stargazing this month, plus when and where to look.
(KTAL/KMSS) — Skywatchers will have a chance to see six planets stretch across the evening sky Saturday, Feb. 28, shortly after sunset. The celestial event, sometimes called a “planetary parade,” will feature Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus ...