The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

As soon as it gets dark, two bright lights become visible—the brightest in the southwest and an almost-as-bright light in the east. What are they?

Following the sweeping path of a cold wave through the Arctic, the skies were alight with rare polar stratospheric clouds, which presented a rainbow-like show throughout the sky. Images of the ...

Light pollution—the needless shining of bright lights into the night sky—has robbed whole generations ... 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the ...

The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky ... it has permanent clouds of sulfuric acid that make it highly reflective and, therefore, bright enough to see in twilight.

Venus and Jupiter dance in January's evening skies. Four bright planets are conveniently placed for viewing in January's evening sky. By far, the most brilliant is Venus, which dominates the ...