For the third time this year, the bright red star Antares will be occulted or hidden by the moon on Thursday, May 23. The first occasion came on Jan. 8, involving a thin waning crescent moon in ...

If you have a keen eye, look for the hypergiant star Paikauhale below the moon. Both stars are in Scorpius. Antares is one of the largest stars astronomers know of. Antares is a red supergiant ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and catch the Moon as it passes by Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. This pairing will happen in the hours near dawn on ...