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

December's night sky offers Venus and a crescent moon shining together as the planet emerge after sunset and a “Cold Beaver ...

The two brightest nighttime objects, the moon and the planet Venus put on a lovely display in the western evening sky of ...

Jupiter reaches opposition; meanwhile, the star Canopus shines bright and the constellation Pictor offers many gems to view.

For the best view, look south in the evening sky as the gas giant shines bright in the constellation Aquarius. Every December ...

Open star clusters sparkle as Luna and Venus line up and Jupiter’s moons jockey for position in the sky this week.

Spica, one of the brightest stars in the sky, will temporarily vanish in the night during a rare lunar occultation on ...