The noon Sun stands directly over Earth’s equator at 5:01 a.m. EDT on March 20. This point is the vernal equinox, or simply ...

In March the bright winter constellations of Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga fill the southern sky stretching all the way to zenith — the point directly overhead. Directly ...

March 2025 features Venus transitioning from the evening to the morning sky, with a bit of overlap; the year’s best evening appearance of Mercury; Jupiter and Mars against stellar backgrounds; the ...

To map out the best nights for skywatching, we turned to three seasoned stargazers to tell us about the best nights of the ...

Down near Aldebaran (which we observed last night) and sprinkled across the Bull's nose is the Hyades, a looser, fainter ...