Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Early risers are this week being treated to the sight of a ...

DENVER — You could say the sun was literally chasing the moon on Wednesday morning because sunrise happened just one hour and 22 minutes after moonrise. It's a beautiful celestial scene that happens ...

A six-planet parade is set to light up the early morning sky on Monday, August 18, 2025. According to Forbes, this cosmic display, which will be visible an hour before sunrise, is a rare and stunning ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights ...

You might want to start your Sunday extra early this weekend. That's because on June 22, a triangular arrangement of the waning crescent moon flanked by Venus and the Pleiades star cluster will be ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. December 16: Titan and Tethys dance The morning sky brings a lovely scene as the crescent Moon joins bright Mercury in the ...

The year will feature multiple supermoons, a striking total solar eclipse, and a dramatic “blood moon” total lunar eclipse, ...

A close conjunction of the waning crescent Moon (approximately 26% illuminated) and Jupiter occurred around 7 A.M. EDT, observable in the eastern sky before sunrise, with the Moon positioned between ...

On Tuesday morning, the thick waning crescent moon will lie between bright Jupiter and the twin stars of Gemini (Castor and Pollux). The bright star Procyon is nearby. On Wednesday morning, a slightly ...

Saturn and Neptune are visible in the pre-dawn hours, rising together before 1:30 A.M. local daylight time. While Saturn is naked-eye visible, Neptune requires binoculars or a telescope due to its 8th ...