This is because a brighter background of the sky reduces the glare of the bright ... sometimes called the false dusk. It's a soft glow that stretches upward from the western horizon along the ...

If you’re an astronomy buff, you may have heard about the “Parade of Planets” in the night sky this week – all seven planets visible at once in the dusk sky through the end of the month.

In Rochester this week, sunset is just before 6 p.m., according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. When looking at the southern sky with the 90 minutes or so after sunset, the planetary alignment should ...