In February, you’ll be able to see Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury with the naked eye, but you’ll need binoculars or a ...

This composite image was weeks in the making, as Horálek’s two "crossings" happened months apart. Mars traced its path ...

A rare triple conjunction of Venus, Mars and Mercury is happening on the opposite side of the solar system to where Earth is, ...

A solar conjunction occurs as Venus' orbit carries it into alignment with the sun and Earth. Venus will align with the sun ...

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

Many astronomical events, such as meteor showers, run by calendrical timings as well. But our moon and the other planets move ...

Shining in the constellation Gemini near the bright stars Pollux and Castor, Jupiter's opposition is the best time to see the ...

If you’ve been seeing an unusually bright ‘star’ in the sky recently, it’s actually Jupiter, which will shine at its ...

According to EarthSky, Jupiter will reach a magnitude of -2.7, making it the fourth brightest object in the night sky next to ...

Jupiter is reaching its closest approach to Earth in 2026, blazing brighter than almost anything in the night sky and visible ...

From Jupiter at its brightest to a dazzling Saturn-Moon-Neptune alignment, here’s what to watch in the night sky in January ...

At opposition, Earth lies directly between Jupiter and the Sun, so the planet is fully illuminated from our point off view ...