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

Currently shining at its greatest brilliance for this current apparition, this dazzling evening "star" currently appears as a ...

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 ...

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

The Planet Parade Continues February 8 and 9 Alpha Centaurids Meteor Shower Predicted Peak February 12 Full Snow Moon ...

Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary alignment that began in January will continue into February, according to ...

People in the northern hemisphere will be able to see Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars during the planetary parade. The next full moon will happen on Feb. 12. Known as the ...

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon.

Credit: Creators.com illustration Anyone who reads this column regularly knows how much I enjoy seeing a conjunction of the moon and Venus in the western sky at dusk. I’m not sure why it’s so ...

A New Moon is a common lunar event that happens every 29.5 days. These lunations are part of the synodic month measured from ...

Orion the Hunter and Taurus the Bull face off in the southern sky in early February as soon as it gets dark. Taurus is home to two of the brightest star clusters, the Pleiades and Hyades. Both are ...