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

The competition was held ahead of the Dark Skies Festival held by the national park, which is one of 22 International Dark ...

Just above the moon will be Mars, shining with a steady orange glow. Both the moon and Mars will be in the Gemini ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

A bonus to the show is that stars Castor and Pollux, Mars and the moon will form a nearly straight line in the night sky. Again, the moon's brightness might make seeing these two stars difficult.

In terms of visibility, the full moon is easy to spot. It is, after all, the brightest object in the night sky. The only caveat would be on overcast nights, where clouds obscure the view of the moon.

The changing declination also defines the daily arc that the sun takes across the sky, thereby accounting for the length of daylight. Want to see the moon up close in the night sky? The Celestron ...

Once the sun goes down on Monday, Feb. 3, six planets and the moon will line up across the California night sky. Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye, while Neptune and ...

We have planet pairings, moon-planet hangouts ... The duo will be visible in the southern sky after sunset; you can watch them tango for the majority of the night until they set in the pre ...

The "Snow Moon" is also known by different names. According to the Farmers' Almanac, the Oneida tribe of upstate New York and ...