All through this month, look for the ever-changing, day-by-day configuration of the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter. They dominate the east-northeast twilight sky all month long. During the ...

The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the rocky planet during its evening apparition in the post-sunset sky.

Mercury quickly sinks out of view and reaches inferior conjunction with the Sun Aug. 18. After that it reappears in the morning sky, reaching magnitude 1 on the 30th.

Skywatchers, get set. All five naked-eye planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter — are appearing together in the pre-dawn sky for the first time in a decade. You need only clear ...

What’s that bright spot next to the sun in the morning sky? According to NASA, During the whole month of June, the stars of the summer triangle – Vega, Deneb and Altair – rise in the east ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Those two bright objects in the night sky Wednesday? That's Jupiter and Venus, and this is the closest these two planets will appear in the night sky until 2032.

Without too much interference from moonlight — the waxing moon will be only about a quarter full — the meteors should appear ...

Venus is always the third brightest object in the night sky after the Sun and the Moon. It’s so bright that you can still see it for a short time after sunrise.

If you’ve been outside during dusk and beyond lately—and you’ve had the pleasure of a clear sky—you’ll have noticed an impressively bright “star” in the southeastern night sky.

Astronomy experts from EarthSky.org say the bright green comet will reach its closest point to the sun on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, and will reach its closest point to our planet on Thursday, Feb. 2.