If you were up early enough on Friday, Sept. 19, you may have noticed the bright star shining next to the crescent moon in the morning sky. Except it wasn't a star, it was the planet Venus. And it was ...

That bright "star" in the west after sunset is Venus, often called the "Evening Star". It will shine brightly for most of the ...

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

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19, while others will see the lunar disk pass ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 13Look north this evening a couple hours after sunset and ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 6With no Moon in the early-evening sky, let's chase down ...

The Moon passes 1.2° south of Spica at 6 A.M. EST. The pair is visible in the early-morning sky before sunrise, our Moon now a delicate crescent with just 7 percent of its nearside illuminated by the ...

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 ...

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