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

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

Venus is particularly bright in the night sky this month, outshining even Sirius, the brightest star. For observers at ...

Keep an eye on the sky Monday evening to see the wolf moon, the first full moon of the year. And some sky-gazers will be able to glimpse a cosmic magic trick when the moon appears to pass in front of ...

Keep an eye on the sky Monday evening to see the wolf moon, the first full moon of the ... Look for it in the east each night, as well as in the northwest at dawn. Mars isn’t the only planet ...

On Jan. 3, 2025, the "Evening Star" Venus and a waxing crescent moon crossed the night sky in an event known as a conjunction, where two objects share the same right ascension or celestial longitude.

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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.