Look west after sunset on March 19 to try spotting a razor-thin crescent moon less than 24 hours old with brilliant Venus ...

This month’s stargazing agenda brims with planet sightings. We have planet pairings, moon-planet hangouts, and a special treat to end the month: several evenings with all seven of our space neighbors ...

Venus and Saturn are due up for a visually striking event known as a planetary conjunction. Here's everything to know about ...

Winter constellations shine defiantly in the face of spring as galaxy season and zodiacal light beckon.

Venus is making a dazzling comeback, climbing into view above western skies, marking the beginning of her journey as an ...

This great big solar system has plenty of secrets to tell. Just recently, NASA's new James Webb Telescope dazzled us mere Earthlings with the first images released to date of galaxies eons in the past ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Early risers on Sunday, June 22, are in for a pre-dawn treat ...

Stargazers are in for a treat this weekend, with the moon and a stunningly bright Venus set to appear very close to each other in the heavens. The event—known as a conjunction—will grace skies over ...

Watch the crescent moon at dusk this week, and you'll see it mount to Venus as if climbing an invisible stairway. Up, up, up she goes, moving a little more than one outstretched fist a night as it ...

A celestial event called a conjunction featured the moon, Venus, and the star Regulus on Sept. 19. The trio will still be shining on Sept. 20, but Venus and Regulus will be further from the moon. The ...

A trio of planets accompanied the moon in the sky on Friday, Dec. 10. Jupiter, Saturn and Venus fell in line with the crescent moon in the southwestern sky shortly after nightfall, according to ...