A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon.

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

A crescent moon shouldn't get in the way too ... The Pleiades is one of the most beautiful sights in the night sky. This open cluster of seven bright stars (also known as the “Seven Sisters ...

Today, Jan. 29, 2025, the moon is 30 days old, in the New Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 0% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up ...

Amateur astronomer Stuart Atkinson posted a snap on X with the caption: 'Look to the south west after sunset tonight and you'll see a beautiful sight: Venus and the Moon shining very close togethe ...

Sky watchers are in for a treat this month as the stars align to give amateurs a shot to see six planets at once.

The two stars hovering well above the moon mark the heads of Gemini ... when it will be in the sky all night; rising at sunset, reaching its highest point in the south in the middle of the ...

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – here’s how to spot the celestial show ...