Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Early March finds us in a dramatic lull as far as viewing naked-eye planets goes, with four of them being uncomfortably close to ...

The evening sky boasts two naked-eye planets. Start your night’s viewing with ruddy Mars, which lies in the west as darkness falls. It treks eastward against the backdrop of Virgo, passing 2° north of ...

Tonight is "blue moon Eve" (see the May 31 entry for more details). Late tonight, look toward the southeast to see one of the sky's most striking color contrasts. The bright, nearly full moon will be ...

Photo of the constellation Cygnus with annotations from IAU and Sky & Telescope. Here is the non-annotated version. You've heard of the Southern Cross in the Southern Hemisphere's night sky, but what ...

May’s sky features not one but two full moons as well as the dazzling Eta Aquarids meteor shower. Here’s when to look up for the month’s most striking alignments.

May's bright stars and classic spring constellations make this the perfect time to learn the sky the old-fashioned way, one ...

The evening sky presents quite a show this month. The bright planets Venus and Jupiter shine prominently in the northwest as the sky darkens. It's best to look for Venus first. The brilliant planet ...

The ringed world reaches opposition and peak visibility Sept. 21, when it lies opposite the Sun in our sky and remains visible all night. The magnitude 0.6 planet moves slowly westward against the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The evening sky presents quite a show this month. The bright planets Venus and Jupiter shine prominently in the northwest as the ...