Venus is the brilliant evening “star” now shining at magnitude -4 in the southwest at dusk. In early November—five months ...

The new moon occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.

Saturn shines in the south most of the night, Jupiter rises in the early evening, while Mars is visible in the early morning ...

The probe will orbit the sun "close enough to pass inside a solar eruption, like a surfer diving under a crashing ocean wave, ...

What an autumn it’s been for stargazing all around the world. Between the frequent Aurora and Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas and all ...

Watch for the brightest planets in the sky throughout the month, as well.

Monday evening (Nov. 4), the night before Election Day, will bring a lovely celestial display involving the two brightest ...

"Despite overcast conditions in Telangana and cyclonic activity along the Andhra Pradesh coast, amateur stargazers in ...

Monday evening (Nov. 4 ... of their great brightness. Venus shines at magnitude -4.0, which makes it nearly eleven times brighter than Sirius, the brightest star in our night sky.

Venus is the third-brightest object in the sky and will likely be the first "star" visible to the eye in the evening. Venus sets in New York at 7:47 p.m. On Nov. 4 the moon, now three days old ...