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

From a rare daytime Jupiter occultation to Venus glimmering at its peak and the autumn Harvest Moon, September’s skies offer ...

September begins with love planet Venus gliding past Spica, the brightest star in the Virgo constellation, for a twilight ...

Some of the brightest planets are visible in our night sky, and look for the Moon to shine near them throughout the month of ...

Venus will be dancing. Stargazers need not mourn the end of summer just yet — the season is ending with a celestial ...

Stargazers can enjoy this event without special equipment, but a clear horizon offers the best view Just days after the new super moon vanished into the darkness, a glowing crescent moon is making a ...

This month brings glowing planetary meetups, excellent Milky Way viewing, and the start of a promising season for northern ...

Five planets will offer viewing opportunities throughout September 2026, with Venus brightest in the evening, Mars and ...

But it’s not time to put away your telescopes, with some lesser-known astronomical events set to arrive across the sky this month. The Pleiades will appear next to the moon, Venus will reach its ...

The Moon passes 2° south of Venus at 5 A.M. EDT, although neither is visible at that time. Instead, the Moon rises around midmorning and remains visible until after sunset. By evening, it stands side ...

On Monday, Aug. 17, the cosmic trio will gather low in the evening sky, with the moon shifting farther east on Tuesday while keeping the celestial lineup intact ...

The Moon, moving east along the ecliptic (the plane of the solar system and the line along which the planets and Moon move on the sky), passes 3° north of Jupiter in Gemini at 3 A.M. EDT. Although the ...