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

November’s night sky offers Venus and a crescent moon shining together as five planets emerge after sunset and a “Super ...

Explore the full moon phenomenon, its phases, and why it shines so brightly in the night sky. Delve into the cultural ...

The new moon occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.

Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in November 2024: ...

“Enjoy a beautiful sight just after sunset as the Moon and Venus meet up in the southwestern sky,” NASA’s November sky blog listed among its highlights. Venus is easy to spot this time of year, ...

Watch for the brightest planets in the sky throughout the month, as well.

On Oct. 14 NASA’s Europa Clipper was launched from Kennedy Space Center to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa. It will arrive at ...

Children’s books usually show a moon rising at night, but the moon rises in the sky at night only half of the time. The rest ...

Because of this rapid movement, when the sun sets on the following (Tuesday) evening, the configuration between Venus and the moon will have radically changed. In fact, the moon – whose illuminated ...

November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.