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

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

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. This celestial phenomenon is called a conjunction, ...

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

A crescent moon will be part of a planetary parade featuring six planets after sunset on Feb. 3. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...

Starting Monday, Feb. 3, the day after Groundhog Day, you should be able to see another planetary parade in the night sky, ...

We have the full Snow Moon to look forward to in the week ahead. And thanks to fortuitous timing it will look equally "full" to the unaided eye two nights in a row, on Feb. 11 and 12. That's because ...

Look to the southwest sky after sunset on Saturday, as the sliver of a waxing crescent moon nears bright Venus with Saturn ...

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

Wednesday, February 5 First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:02 A.M. EST. Nearly half a day later, the Moon passes 5° north of Uranus ...