The waxing gibbous moon will shine close to the red star Antares in the constellation Scorpius on the night of June 9.

If you live in the southern hemisphere and have been stopped in your tracks by a recent sunset, you may have noticed they ...

Arcturus (at a magnitude of -0.05), one of the few stars mentioned by name in the Bible, is a giant, about 25 times the diameter of our sun and 36.7 light years away. Boötes is chasing the Bears with ...

Look for them around 10 p.m. local daylight time, roughly one-quarter up in the western sky. In addition to their closeness ...

Venus continues to be the brilliant “Morning Star” in the East before dawn, albeit dimming just a bit as it moves away from ...

Catch Jupiter low early in the month, then enjoy Mercury and Mars in the evenings. Saturn, Neptune, and Venus shine in the ...

Moon marks the halfway point between the New Moon and the Full Moon. It appears as a half-illuminated disk with the right ...

If you live in the southern hemisphere and have ... But why are sunsets especially magnificent during winter? One reason is the sun's position in the sky during different times of the year.

Earth’s tilt is what causes the seasons; in the summer, when our planet’s pole is tipped toward the sun, the days are longer, ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

June sky shows planets before sunrise, Mars near Regulus, the glowing Milky Way, and the solstice with shifting daylight hours.