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

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

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

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

Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary alignment that began in January will continue into February, according to ...

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

Venus will be near its maximum brightness, while the moon is both in its waxing crescent phase and at its monthly 'perigee'—its closest approach to Earth—10,500 miles nearer than average at ...