It was a race against the rising sun as astrophotographer Josh Dury captured a fleeting cosmic moment before dawn’s light ...

A waning crescent Moon lies near bright Venus in the morning sky, offering a gorgeous pairing for visual observing or ...

Astronomy enthusiasts will be in for a treat early Friday morning. A "planetary parade" will be visible in the hours leading ...

Venus will partner up with the giant planets Saturn and Neptune to form a line up in the pre-dawn sky on May 8, with fleet-footed Mercury remaining nearby close to With Mercury sticking low to the ...

Venus blazes a bright magnitude –4.7 in the morning sky today. To its right, 1st-magnitude Saturn is also readily visible to the naked eye, while elusive Neptune lies between them. You’ll have ...

Venus rises in close proximity to Saturn and dimmer Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on April 2. | Credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night Friday, May 2, presents a perfect opportunity to catch the mighty ...

Between 30 to 40 minutes before sunrise on Friday, April 25, a slender waning crescent moon will appear left of a bright planet Venus and the much fainter Saturn ... the eastern sky until the ...

The phenomenon occurs when the waning crescent Moon aligns with Venus and Saturn in the night sky. In many regions, especially across the Western Hemisphere, the conjunction is expected to ...

‘Smiley face’ in the sky: The close alignment of Venus, Saturn, and a crescent moon created a formation resembling a smiling face during a rare cosmic event. Sky smiled back! In the early ...

Venus. Unfortunately, the other eye, Saturn, ended up right behind a thick band of high clouds. But you still got the sense of the sky smiling down on you this morning – which hopefully is a ...

The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a conjunction) in the predawn sky. To make a new moon, you need to line up the sun ...