I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

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

Save the dates for skies full of stars and glowing moons, these are the best astronomical events to see in 2025 with a ...

The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

When is the first day of spring? So long, winter! The first day of spring is almost upon us, and we’re counting down the days ...

Analysis: From planets and constellations, to eclipses and the Aurora Borealis, here's what to look for in the sky this spring We have observed the night sky since the dawn of civilisation and it ...

To understand why this will happen, first consider that spring will ... across the sky, thereby accounting for the length of daylight. Want to see the moon up close in the night sky?

September opens with Venus hosting winter constellations in the eastern predawn sky. West of the planet, the bright star Procyon, in Canis Minor, the little dog, rises at almost the same time as ...

Months begin with every new moon, when the moon is not visible in the night sky. The new year starts on the new moon nearest the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, sometime ...

It was a big party in Punxsutawney this weekend. "This is my favorite holiday," one local says of the fuss-free day, adding, ...