A nearly new moon and mostly clear skies will present near ideal viewing conditions for the planet parade through Feb. 28.

The paintings of Caspar David Friedrich hover between the sublime and the syrupy, occasionally touching down on either side of that surprisingly narrow divide. There are the ravishingly misted, ...

The night-time ascent is the final highlight of this very Australian pilgrimage, the 230-kilometre Larapinta Trail from the desert city of Alice Springs through the West MacDonnell Range, a mountain ...