April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

Pulling the plastic bins down the rough pavement of my driveway, I stare up at a smattering of stars and planets. I can’t see that many; the band of the Milky Way that I used to see nightly when I ...

What is the bright star in the east right now? Venus, the bright "Morning Star," shines brilliantly in the pre-dawn sky this ...

Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars themselves, but that is not the case at all.

The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a ...

Before sunrise on April 25, a slender waning crescent moon will appear left of Venus and Saturn to create the tilted happy face.

Friday morning, the waning crescent moon, Venus, and Saturn will be aligned in a way to create a basic sideways smiley face in the eastern sky before sunrise. Venus will rise first ...

This rare alignment will be visible for about an hour at around 5.30am on Friday morning, with sunrise taking place at around ...

Well, in the predawn hours of April 25 it literally will be thanks to a double conjunction that will see Saturn, Venus and ...

The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...

The Northern Lights or aurora borealis may be visible in the U.S. this week due to a coronal hole and a "co-rotating ...

A good estimation of the cloud tops is like the finest gold, especially for pilots flying under IFR during the winter months.