The Moon now passes 0.8° south of Spica at 6 P.M. EDT, with the pairing visible as evening twilight falls. (As with Mars ...

Four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — will come together to form a "celestial ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet during twilight time. Nearly a week after Fourth of July fireworks illuminate ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

There will be three full moons during the summer. And the sky this season has a number of bright stars that form easily ...

There is something transformational about twilight. When the sun has just set in the west, the sky changes from the vibrant blue of afternoon to a more relaxed hue, as if it’s settling down for ...

Summer’s brightest stars appear, echoing these Earth-bound lights, beginning around 9:20 p.m. through mid-month.

A telescope under a twilight sky ready for stargazing. Venus will shine as one of the brightest objects in the sky, second only to the moon, shortly after sunset this weekend.