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

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

January's planetary parade may be over, but stargazers in the Hudson Valley may get to see a chance to see more beauty in the ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

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

In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

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

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense ...

and two days later a young moon will pass near Saturn and near Venus as they cluster together in the evening sky. A new moon is when the sun and moon share the same celestial longitude ...