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

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

It’s a busy month for planet-fanatics. This month’s stargazing agenda brims with planet sightings. We have planet pairings, ...

Here’s what you should know when you go outside to see for yourself: Yes, the planets are indeed lined up across our sky. No, ...

On Feb. 24, from west to east, you can see Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, all spanning 117.5°, ...

These two next weeks offer all but one of the planets in lovely view at nightfall. Fred Schaaf goes step by step through the ...

As far as space events go, February offers a glimpse of Venus at its brightest point of the year, a seven-planet alignment and the snow moon. The Alpha Centaurids meteor shower will happen this ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during January 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide. Looking for a telescope for the next night sky event? We recommend the Celestron ...

But Venus is definitely the target for our attention ... 5:36 A.M. Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous (94%) Cetus the Whale is home to the variable star Mira (above). You can use this AAVSO chart (left ...

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that the next won’t happen until 2040.

The 16.5% Waxing Crescent Moon and Venus on Friday night over Watford ... first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent. Carol Ann Finch took ...