Mercury, the first planet from the sun, is about to stand out among the stars this week. But this brightness is not expected ...

For months now, we have been teased by the planets in the night sky. Uranus and Neptune need a telescope to be seen, but Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus can be seen with the naked eye. All of these ...

Between Feb. 23 and Feb. 28, 2025, all seven planets will align in the night ... sky. The arc will be higher the closer you are to the equator. The arc will be lower the farther north you are. No ...

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

from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can ...

For millennia, humans have linked planetary alignments to major Earth-based events like natural disasters, but there's no correlation ... Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and ...

There are no streetlights, light-flooded sports fields ... Vega, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, shone above the horizon, brilliant against the blackness. Astronomers measure the ...