The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a striking celestial rendezvous that should be visible across the U.S. But unless you're willing to wake up before ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, February 6The bright star Sirius dominates the southern sky ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. In the wake of the rise of the full harvest moon during dusk ...

At 7 A.M. EDT, the Moon is observed 5° north of Venus, positioned between Venus and Pollux (magnitude 1.2). Pollux, despite being cataloged as Beta Geminorum, exhibits a slightly higher brightness ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, May 16Spring is a great time to observe star clusters, so tonight our target is the globular M68 in Hydra. Look south after sunset and you ...

Should your local weather forecast suggest that Friday morning — the start of the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend — will be fair and clear, it will be well worth setting your alarm clock to awaken you ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A very special full moon passed over our skies early this morning! Below is a photo courtesy of viewer Becky Kolb from Sun Lakes that was posted on our First Alert Facebook page!

Spring is a great time to observe star clusters, so tonight our target is the globular M68 in Hydra. Look south after sunset and you’ll find the eastern end of the Water Snake just below Virgo and ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...