The coming week will see the gas giant Saturn return to the Northern Hemisphere's late night sky, after spending the last few ...

Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the ...

The great Orion Nebula (M42) is one of the most popular targets for night-sky observers. ... Mercury sits stationary against the background stars of Sagittarius at 7 A.M. EST.

Throughout the month, Venus and Mars continue to grace the evening sky, while the gas giants Saturn and Jupiter greet early risers from the southeast. May Day: An overlooked celestial event.

The night sky isn’t perfectly dark—instead it glows faintly, and the source isn’t exactly local. ... A decently dark site in a rural area has a sky background of about 21 mag/arcsec 2.

The Draconid meteor shower, which will send shooting stars across our night skies Wednesday through Sunday, Oct. 6-10, is that rare meteor shower that offers up most of its display in the evening ...

A well timed launch from the California coast wowed Southern Californians when the rocket blazed a sunlit trail across the evening sky just after sunset. The contrail was painted in the sky by a ...

This star chart shows the prominent constellations, bright stars and planets that can be seen from Loveland at 10 p.m. MST at the first of Jan., 9 p.m. MST at the middle of the month and 8 p.m ...