I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

STARGAZERS are in for a treat this month as a rare planet parade falls in Andromeda galaxy season. “One of the best planet ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

The Earth's light of course is reflected sunlight ... Now look just off to the right of the lunar crescent and see if you can see Venus. It should appear as a tiny white speck against the blue ...

To date it has been a superb winter for viewing the queen of the planets, Venus. February marks the pinnacle of the ... which is growing progressively larger in size as it approaches our Earth. On ...