February opens with a large full moon at sunset, then bright constellations, Jupiter and Taurus star clusters fill ...

Seven sisters constellation’s brightest members will be hidden from view for about an hour ...

The Ojibwe constellation Biboonkeonini, or the Winter Maker, overlaps with the Greek constellation Orion the Hunter. The ...

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

Astronomers have discovered a giant, 500-light-year-wide cavity between two star-forming regions in the constellations ...

Whenever we enter Valentine’s season, astronomers are sometimes asked about possible Valentine’s Day stars.  To answer this ...

The moon will be closest to the Pleiades in the hours following sunset.

Hello everyone! Your two evening planets are an easy find this week. Just face due west around 7:20 p.m. and measure three-and-a-half fist-widths up and a fist-width to the left ...

With the moon out of the way on Jan. 18, bright Jupiter and Saturn become stand-outs in the January night sky.

January is the best time to observe these constellations—some prominent and some not so much.

What you won’t see, though, are green ones. The reason for this is both a fault in the stars and in ourselves: we don’t see ...

On January 18, 2026, the new moon creates dark skies for observing Jupiter, Saturn, and the Orion constellation. Detailed positions and celestial coordinates for global observers are provided.