Look about an hour before sunrise on Feb. 1 and find Venus, bright but very low, in the southeast, with much dimmer Mercury to its lower left. Far to Venus’s upper right shines Saturn, and ...

As someone who lives near the city, light pollution limits what I see when I look up at night. However, that doesn't mean I ...

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

That guarantees pitch-black moonless night skies, perfect for capturing deep-sky objects and winter constellations. Use this opportunity to photograph the Beehive Cluster, the Pleiades ...

"Stargazers, focus on two key periods: the summer sky and the winter sky. This is because certain constellations are visible only during specific seasons, making it essential to plan accordingly ...

Orion the Hunter and Taurus the Bull face off in the southern sky in early February as soon as it gets dark. Taurus is home to two of the brightest star clusters, the Pleiades and Hyades. Both are ...

Constellation Orion the Hunter will be one of the brightest constellations in the sky. You can spot it by looking for the three stars that make Orion’s belt and then looking for the bright red ...

As with Mars, with the sky "reversed" Jupiter will appear below Aldebaran rather than above it. By 7 p.m. the entirety of Sirius' parent constellation, Canis Major, the Big Dog, is above the horizon.

In the constellation Taurus, the Bull, Jupiter is just above Taurus' brightest star, Aldebaran. One can tell the two apart because of Aldebaran's more orange hue. For Southern Hemisphere observers, ...

It’s like winter has been flipped upside down in the ... Illinois and several states across New England. The map below shows snowfall as a difference from average so far this season.