Look to the east after dark this week, and you’ll see a dazzlingly bright “star” in the evening sky. Is it the legendary Christmas Star? It’s Jupiter at opposition, an annual astronomical ...

Venus will move higher and higher in the night sky, setting several hours after the sun. Because of how bright Venus will appear, some are referring to it as this year's Christmas Star ...

It's been rising higher into the sky and, on Dec. 7 ... Jupiter could easily have been the "Star of Bethlehem." Christmas Star: How And When To See Mars Look east about two hours after sunset ...

Dec. 21. And even here, the "Christmas Star" show is interspersed with other programs, like "Astronomy Tonight" (7 p.m. Dec. 7) and "The Sky Above" (5 p.m. Dec. 7) throughout the holiday season ...

Everybody Loves a Cluster with a Nebula This is NGC 2264, the Cone Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster. The bright stars ...