The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation Taurus.

A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet ...

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

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - NASA announced that January will be an eventful month for stargazers, as six planets will be visible in ...

Witness a lunar occultation of both Mars and the Pleiades; plus, Mars reaches opposition and Venus and Saturn sit close ...

An alignment means multiple planets are all visible in the sky from Earth. Three to eight planets constitutes an alignment.

And the night sky tonight obliges by presenting ... Nature offers us the two gifts of longest nights and a sky more transparent than usual. Newcomers to astronomy often assume that winter's ...

STARGAZERS may be able to catch the birth of a new star if they keep their eyes to the sky over the next few weeks. T Coronae ...

When we look up at the night sky, we see familiar stars and constellations that have been ... it will emit enough neutrinos that our current detectors will see it," said Brian Fields, a supernova ...

Astronomers are often asked how the casual observer can distinguish planets from bright stars in the night sky.