We’re all familiar with the sun’s daily motion in the sky. It rises in the east, gets higher in the sky until circa noon, then begins its hours-long descent to set on the western horizon. You may also ...

Saturn is visible only briefly in early February, but its rings are nearly edge-on. Venus is bright and easily visible throughout February, changing in phase and apparent size. Jupiter shows its moons ...

Mighty Jupiter stands high in the east at sunset, dominating the stars of Taurus the Bull as they begin to appear in the deepening darkness. Once the Sun is safely below the horizon, center your ...

Now that the evening sky is Moon-free, it’s time to aim for fainter targets, including 12th-magnitude Comet 333P/LINEAR. Located in far northern Cygnus, close to where that constellation’s border ...

Months of careful planning and calculations went into the shot. Then, the team had only one jump attempt to get it right ...

A line-up across the southwestern sky on December 5, 2021, consisting of (L to R): Jupiter, Saturn and Venus (brightest), with Jupiter and Saturn in Capricornus, with its stars all visible here though ...

April's celestial events include prominent evening sightings of Jupiter (decreasing in observable altitude throughout the month), a still-bright Mars nearing the Beehive Cluster (M44), and a ...