Venus is particularly bright in the night sky this month, outshining even Sirius, the brightest star. For observers at ...

While the planets are technically always "aligned" along the same plane in our sky, seeing so many at once is a special ...

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

Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in February 2025: If you've been outside just after sunset in the last month, you'll know Venus dominates the post-sunset night sky. Tonight ...

Standing beneath the Milky Way has always been a beautiful sight, if you were lucky enough to find dark skies on a dark night. But the revelation of recent advances in digital photography is that ...

and for mere mortals the dream of those amazing deep space images remains out of reach. It’s not completely impossible for the night sky to deliver impressive imagery on a budget though ...

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...

A good tip is to take pictures early in the morning, just before dawn, because light pollution levels are low. Find the darkest patch of night sky you can. Travelling out into the countryside is best, ...

(Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images) Despite its relatively far distance, Mars will remain a prominent feature in the night sky throughout January and February. Earlier on Monday ...