The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a celestial rendezvous that should be visible across the U.S.

July 2025 might be considered a "slack month" so far as planet viewing is concerned. In the evening sky, Mercury is available during the evening — though with some difficulty — low in the ...

If you saw a bright light in the sky on Sunday evening, you're not seeing things and chances are, it wasn't a UFO: SpaceX ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the ...

The two brightest nighttime stars available in the Minnesota and Wisconsin sky are Sirius and Arcturus. April is the only month of the year we can enjoy both of them at the same time in the early ...

Just before sunrise, the waning crescent moon, the brilliant planet Venus, and Regulus, the brightest star in the ...

Since 1986 I have had an affiliation with the Hayden Planetarium in New York. My "official" title there is "Associate and Guest Lecturer." Indeed, through all of these years I given scores of ...

When the sun sets on Friday, stargazers are about to have their best chance at seeing Mercury shine in the night sky in 2025. Visible to the naked eye, Mercury should be seen in the western sky at ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch could be seen across the Las Vegas valley Sunday evening as a bright streak painted the sky.

Residents across the Sacramento region spotted mysterious lights in the sky Thursday night. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Some residents in the Sacramento region reported seeing lights in the sky on Thursday ...