RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — If you have been watching the evening sky during the few clear nights over the past week, you have been able to see three bright objects in the western sky during the early ...

Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset. Mercury will reach its greatest eastern elongation on Oct. 29, marking one of the best evenings to see the ...

When you go outside on a clear, moonless night, you can see not only lots of stars but also the black space between them—literally space, in this case. Given that you can see stars and that the sky is ...

The rocky world will be visible for a brief window after sunset. Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the rocky ...

June's evening sky features Mars near Regulus, though Mars's apparent size is small and detail observation is challenging. Jupiter is visible in early June's evening twilight, but sets earlier each ...

The crescent moon is accompanied by planets Venus, bottom, and Jupiter, right, in this 15-second time exposure made in Stedman, N.C., on Monday night. ((Johnny Horne/Fayetteville Observer/Associated ...