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

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, June 27The Moon passes 3° north of Mercury at 2 A.M. EDT. By ...

Early-evening observers up for a different sort of challenge can focus in on Venus soon after sunset. Tonight, the bright planet sits just 1.5° south of the Lagoon Nebula (M8) in Sagittarius.

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a seven-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our view starting in March. Look up!

While SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has pledged to withdraw the company’s Dragon capsule from further use by NASA, the ...

And because blue wavelengths are the shortest, they get scattered more, resulting in a blue sky. During a sunset, however, light scattering works differently.

INDIANA, USA — Stargazers, mark your calendars! A rare seven-planet alignment will be visible in the early night sky in late February 2025.While we’ve enjoyed a six-planet alignment since mid ...

INDIANA, USA — Stargazers, mark your calendars! A rare seven-planet alignment will be visible in the early night sky in late February 2025. While we’ve enjoyed a six-planet alignment since mid-January ...