All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

Sunsets possess a magical ability to captivate and inspire, painting the sky with hues of orange ... rolling hills and open ...

Soon after sunset on Feb. 1, direct your attention to the southwest sky to view a striking celestial tableau: A slender waxing crescent moon and hovering about 2.5 degrees to its upper right will ...

The four bright planets will appear to line up in the night sky shortly after sunset. Venus and Saturn will be in the southwest while Jupiter lies high overhead and Mars in the east. Uranus and ...

As soon as it gets dark, two bright lights become visible—the brightest in the southwest and an almost-as-bright light in the east. What are they?

Although Jupiter and Mars have been dominating the eastern sky, there’s more here to view than just planets. Already 50° high an hour after sunset, the bright, magnitude 0.1 star Capella stands ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. So far 2023 has been the year of Venus. Since January, the closest planet to Earth has been getting higher into the post-sunset ...