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

The predawn hours of April 28 will see a planetary triangle form in the night sky, as Venus makes a close approach to Saturn following a conjunction, while Neptune, invisible to the naked eye, will ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

A reddish star is about to pass through a "beehive" of stars. That "star" is actually one of Earth's planetary neighbors.

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

For celestial enthusiasts, the past several days have been a celebration of the night. This week is International Dark Sky Week. Founded in 2003 by Jennifer Barlow, then a 15-year-old high school ...

The celestial image could be spoiled by a dull Saturn, which might lack the brightness needed to tie the smiley together, ...

Venus and Saturn will be in just the correct spot in their revolution around the sun to match up with the waning crescent ...

This annual shower is expected to reach its peak and generate its highest number of shooting stars during the late-night hours on April ... The radiant is the point in the sky from which meteors ...

The full moon of April, the Pink Moon, shone in the night sky on Sunday, April 13, appearing as a 'micromoon' due to its farthest distance from Earth this year. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS ...

The Lyrid meteor shower, a celestial event first seen thousands of years ago, is about to streak through the night sky in April. First observed in China in 687 B.C.E., the Lyrid meteor shower ...