Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 18: Io, Europa, and their shadows cross Jupiter The Moon and Venus hang close together in the predawn sky, sharing ...

A pairing-off of the brightest planet and a slender crescent moon will be the chief celestial attraction in the dawn sky early on Sunday morning. If you look low toward the eastern horizon about 60 to ...

One of the best naked-eye stargazing sights of the year is on offer to skywatchers this week — if you can rise before the sun Friday (Sept. 19). Just before sunrise, the crescent moon, the brilliant ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19, while others will see the lunar disk pass ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...

On a specified date, the Moon will pass 0.8° north of Venus and 1.3° north of Regulus (magnitude 1.4), with Venus and Regulus separated by less than 0.5°. This celestial trio will rise around 4:30 A.M ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. November 1: Dip into the Bay of Rainbows Daylight ...