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

On Dec. 9-10, skywatchers across parts of Canada, the U.S. and Europe will witness a very rare occultation of the bright star ...

Anytime after dark is great for looking more closely at one of the jewels of the winter night sky. Look below Orion's Belt — ...

The Moon passes 1.9° due north of Neptune at 6 A.M. EDT this morning. Early rises will be able to catch the Moon hanging between Venus and Mercury in the predawn sky — check out last week’s column for ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. December 16: Titan and Tethys dance The morning ...

If you were up early enough on Friday, Sept. 19, you may have noticed the bright star shining next to the crescent moon in the morning sky. Except it wasn't a star, it was the planet Venus. And it was ...

December for lovers of astronomy is highlighted by the Geminids meteor shower, as Greg Redern highlights in December’s edition of “Eyes to the Skies.” ...

Binoculars or small telescopes easily show double stars and star clusters. Several planets are visible this week, some with moons or other celestial neighbors. The changing position of planets and the ...

It’s an exciting week for skywatchers. A total lunar eclipse - the first to grace our skies since 2022 - will happen this Thursday night into early Friday morning, and it will bring us a Blood Moon ...

At around 10:00 p.m. local time on Sunday (Nov. 9), if you look low toward the east-northeast sky, you will see a waning gibbous moon, 72 percent illuminated, and shining prominently below it will be ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — You may have heard the phrase 'once in a blue moon', which refers to something rare, just like the event it's named after: two full moons in a single month. But this August, we're ...

A celestial event called a conjunction featured the moon, Venus, and the star Regulus on Sept. 19. The trio will still be shining on Sept. 20, but Venus and Regulus will be further from the moon. The ...