Jupiter is the brilliant evening “star” visible after sunset this winter, peaking in brightness at opposition on Jan. 10, ...

The final night of 2025 is the perfect time to watch the moon close to the Pleiades, find the brightest star in the night sky ...

Regulus is the brightest star in the zodiacal constellation Leo. The waning gibbous moon shines close to the "kingly" star ...

Antarctica's patterns of stark seasonal changes, with months of darkness followed by a summer of 24-hour daylight, prompted us to explore how a Māori lunar and environmental calendar (Maramataka) ...

Sirius, also called the Dog Star, is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. Shining more brilliantly than any other star visible from Earth (excluding our sun, of course), Sirius is outshone only by ...

Dwarf planet Ceres reached its stationary point on August 15th, transitioning from eastward to westward motion relative to background stars, observable in the morning sky. On August 16th, a Last ...

The two brightest nighttime stars available in the Minnesota and Wisconsin sky are Sirius and Arcturus. April is the only month of the year we can enjoy both of them at the same time in the early ...

I don’t know anyone who isn’t stunned by the brilliance of the winter night sky. At this time of year, the stars seem to sparkle more than at any other, and many folks think this is due to the cold ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...

If you were to ask most people to name the brightest star in the night sky, chances are they'd confidently say, "the North Star." It's a common assumption, and it makes sense when you consider how ...

The two brightest nighttime stars visible in the Pottsville sky are Sirius and Arcturus. April is the only month of the year when we can enjoy both of them at the same time in the early evening: ...