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

The Moon passes 0.4° south of the bright red giant Antares in Scorpius this morning at 4 A.M. EST. The pair is visible in the ...

All of Earth's planetary neighbors are about to be visible in the night sky next week – though you may need binoculars to see ...

The winter sky has some brightly lit star patterns visible this month, including a triangle featuring Mars, making it ...

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

Watch a bright Moon dominate the sky, trace the Winter Hexagon, and continue enjoying the evening parade of planets in the ...

The dwarf planet 1 Ceres is in conjunction with the Sun at 5 P.M. EST today. While this means we can't see Ceres for now, we ...

We're now just past the midpoint of astronomical winter — that moment marking the midway point between December's winter solstice and March's vernal equinox. That moment took place at 4:11 p.m.

Ahead of its dance with Saturn on Feb. 24, Mercury should be seen on Feb. 19 at magnitude -1.2 with binoculars 20 minutes ...

This evening, let’s look for another bright red giant: Betelgeuse, the famous star that serves as one ... and it lingers in the western sky for nearly three hours after sunset.

How to find the planets after sunset Start by looking to the west. Venus is the brightest "star" in the sky, with Saturn just below it. Draw a line between the two planets, then follow that line ...