But what exactly are you looking at when you gaze up at the sky without a telescope? Stars? Galaxies? Planets? First off, as everybody tells you, when you look up at the sky you are seeing a whole ...

Sky gazers across the U.S. will have a chance to see an extraordinary celestial event on Friday as all of the planets in our solar system will appear in the evening sky. This phenomenon known as a ...

Those who struggle to find the planet can download one of many astronomy apps that allow you to point your camera in the night sky to identify what you are looking at. Skywatchers will not need a ...

But even if you can’t catch them all, Mr. Willmitch advised layering up and looking up anyway. “The sky is really beautiful in winter,” he said. “It’s a great time to go out and do some ...