This week, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to look to the western sky on the evening of May 21 and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The moon will team up with ...

If you look at the crescent moon this evening (May 26) you’ll notice two bright stars to its right. They’re Castor and Pollux the mythical Greek twins. I’ve also read they were half-brothers so it ...

Early risers on Tuesday will be able to see the moon by Pollux, one of the twin stars that gave the constellation of Gemini its name. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Jupiter passes 7° south of Pollux at 2 A.M. EST. By 9 P.M. local time this evening, the giant planet stands about 10° above the eastern horizon, visible to the lower right of Gemini’s twin stars, ...

We may shake a fist at the moon when the northern lights are out, but on most nights it's a huge help. And not just because it helps us see better in darkness. The moon travels in a ring around the ...

Pollux and Castor are two fairly bright stars not far apart on the face of the night sky, prominent on April evenings. These two are considered the “heads” in the constellation, Gemini the Twins. They ...