Much of the heavenly action this week is in the morning sky. Friday morning look toward the eastern horizon starting at 5:45 a.m. Ever brilliant Venus sits 15 degrees above the horizon, and one-half ...

Astronomers have never seen Mars as up close as they will this week. The elliptical orbits of both Earth and Mars bring the planets relatively close every 18 months or so, but the Red Planet hasn't ...

Look to the west on the nights following June 18 to see Mars sweep past the bright star Regulus to enter the Spring Triangle - a formation of three prominent stellar bodies that are visible as spring ...