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

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a conjunction, ...

A French astrophotographer has captured a stunning photo of Venus and the moon shining above the Eiffel Tower in Paris, ...

The captivating scene was a result of a rare "parade of planets" that has been drawing the attention of skywatchers worldwide ...

it appears as though you can see the entire disk of the moon dimly illuminated with an almost bluish-gray glow, along with the brightly lit crescent. As such, the term Earthshine is sometimes ...

Sunlight is responsible for the crescent, yet the remainder of the moon appears to shine with a dim blush-gray tone. This vision is known as Earthshine, sometimes called "the old moon in the young ...

Related Articles Outdoors | No need for a telescope: The right binoculars can help amateur astronomers get started The crescent ... of “earthshine” on the portion of the moon that is dark.

The crescent moon may strike observers as slightly larger ... That could capture a dim reflection of “earthshine” on the portion of the moon that is dark. Mobile phones could yield good ...