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

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

Just above the moon will be Mars, shining with a steady orange glow. Both the moon and Mars will be in the Gemini ...

Want to see the moon or star clusters like the Pleiades in the night sky? The Celestron NexStar 4SE ... (called "ingress") behind the moon's dark limb. You'll need only a pair of binoculars ...

UK astrophotographer Josh Dury on night-sky success, his passion for documenting natural skies, a brand-new book and an ...

From planets and constellations, to eclipses and the Aurora Borealis, here's what to look for in the sky this spring ...

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a seven-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

Orion and friends, along with Jupiter and Mars, continue to command the southern sky. In the northeast, the Big Dipper stands on its handle, climbing higher and higher during the night. Look west ...

A rare seven-planet alignment will be visible in the early night sky ... moon will not appear until after midnight. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event! Share your best photos ...

I quickly snapped dozens of photos ... Moon also periodically covers Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Solar System's more distant planets. A good resource on lunar occultations is In-The-Sky.org ...

In the first few hours after dark all month ... The sun and the moon and the planets, all seem to us to arc across the sky every day and night from east to west on that same imaginary track.