This time of year, Aileen O'Donoghue cheers and pumps her fists as the sun sets earlier and earlier. "I just love these early evenings! The dark reveals other things to us!" said O'Donoghue, ...

Astronomers are often asked how the casual observer can distinguish planets from bright stars in the night sky. It is commonly thought, and with a certain degree of justification, that stars twinkle, ...

Beginning in late November during the waning phases of the Moon, and then again in late December, you can investigate the possibility of a curious optical phenomenon. It involves a bright planet ...

Using binoculars to carefully examine the bright planets yields occasional surprises, making your stargazing efforts even more worthwhile. The next few weeks provide four excellent examples. The solar ...

Illinois residents can catch a glimpse of a bright planetary alignment in January. bjdlzx Getty Images Illinois stargazers have the chance to see a “planet parade” this January, with four bright ...

We’ve got two very bright planets visible this month. The planet Venus dominates the morning sky as a dazzling bright light in the eastern sky before dawn. Don’t miss a spectacular pairing of Venus ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn shine in a January planet alignment, NASA says. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Four bright ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and spot the many planets currently in our night sky. You’ll see four of the five planets visible without optical aid. Venus and Saturn are in the ...

Pennsylvania residents can catch a glimpse of a bright planetary alignment in January, and the next meteor shower will be in April. Shutterstock Pennsylvania stargazers have the chance to see a ...

Kentucky residents can catch a glimpse of a bright planetary alignment in January. Michael via Unsplash Kentucky stargazers have the chance to see a “planet parade” this January, with four bright ...