A pairing-off of the brightest planet and a slender crescent moon will be the chief celestial attraction in the dawn sky ...

All through this month, look for the ever-changing, day-by-day configuration of the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter. They dominate the east-northeast twilight sky all month long. During the ...

Eyes to the sky for August's Sturgeon Moon, a continuing trio of meteor showers, a conjunction of the two brightest planets in the sky, and a predawn 'planet parade'. The First Quarter Moon occurs on ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 20: Visit the Pleiades Today is a busy ...

Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere. Both hail ...

Just as the Perseid meteor shower approaches its peak, two luminous planets are getting in on the night-sky action. If you want to see the conjunction, you'll have to either stay out late or get up ...

Greetings! You can see all five visible planets this week, two in the early morning sky and three in the evening sky.

From meteor showers to visible nebulas, August is primed to be an action-packed month for stargazers in the United States. And one of the highlights of the month? The impending meet-up of Jupiter and ...

The Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory is thrilled to be your guide to the skies. In this column, I’ll be clarifying some of ...

On August 8th, the close conjunction of the Moon and Pluto will occur, though Pluto's visibility will be obscured by the Moon's brightness. Observation of the double star Albireo in Cygnus is ...

Skywatchers who spotted the Jupiter-Venus conjunction on Aug. 12 are in for a dazzling display in the night sky through the end of August, with a "planet parade" building in the eastern sky, with ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...