The Sun is a star, a giant ball of burning gas ... The Moon is always a sphere but you may have seen different shapes of Moon in the sky. These are called the Moon's phases.

Mars will appear to make an ultraclose approach to the moon on Sunday, after Jupiter had a turn earlier this week. Here's how ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

It’s now the third brightest object in the sky—after the Sun and the Moon. However, its dazzling performance as the bright “Evening Star” begins to unravel this month. After reaching its ...

The details vary depending on your location, but out in the western U.S. and Canada the moon will already be among the Pleiades stars soon after the sun has set and the twilight sky darkens.