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

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 ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Despite its ...

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a 7-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

It’s a busy month for planet-fanatics. This month’s stargazing agenda brims with planet sightings. We have planet pairings, ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

and two days later a young moon will pass near Saturn and near Venus as they cluster together in the evening sky. A new moon is when the sun and moon share the same celestial longitude ...