The waxing gibbous moon will shine close to the red star Antares in the constellation Scorpius on the night of June 9.

8, for early on that morning a waning crescent moon, 11% illuminated, will occult the 1st-magnitude red supergiant star Antares, one of the brightest stars in the sky. This should be well worth ...

On the evening of June 9, skywatchers will be treated to a beautiful cosmic pairing. The waxing gibbous moon will glow close ...

Vega, then, is a bluish-white A-type star, Arcturus is an orange K, and Antares is a red M-type. Throughout the decades astronomers have modified this classification system to include vastly more ...

The full moon hangs in the center. Just to its left, a point is labeled "Antares," connecting blue lines tracing points to indicate the constellation shape.

The moon will slide in front of the red supergiant star Antares on May 13, briefly blocking its light just a day after reaching its full "Flower Moon" phase. Because the moon is relatively close ...

That and the fact that it's the only bright, red-orange star in the lower half of the southeastern sky make it easy to identify. Antares is the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius ...

June's full Moon, known as the Strawberry Moon, will appear in the night sky this week - and it will be particularly large ...