An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. After spending the last six months in the evening sky for all to see, on March 23, Venus passed between Earth and the sun ...

Planetarium and Program Coordinator Katy Downing of the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center shares the visible planets and ...

This artist wanted to speed paint an image of the night sky. After laying down a deep blue background, they splattered white stars on their canvas. Once they laid down the foundation, they added ...

Skygazers and astronomy enthusiasts can look forward to catching a rare "planet parade" in the night sky through January. According to NASA scientist Preston Dyches, the planets "will appear more ...

At the very darkest sites on Earth, far removed from humanity’s wasted sky-directed light, that background can be as dim as 22 mag/arcsec 2. I’d love to have a moonless night with my ...

The BBC's Sky at Night Magazine reports that, should we ever get to stargaze on Mars, we'd see two moons - Phobos and Deimos - instead of just one. We wouldn't see as many satellites either, making it ...

Almost all of the planets of our solar system are spread across our early evening sky right now. Of these, four are easily visible and worth stepping outside to take a look at. Some are calling ...

Getty Images A seven-luminaries-deep parade of planets will line up and light up the night sky this week, folks. Just after sunset on Feb. 28, 2025, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn ...

It's sturdily built, quick to set up and automatically locates night sky targets and provides crisp ... considerably to the east against the star background. On Monday night (Oct. 7), Venus ...

Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus will be visible in the evening sky in April; Saturn, Mercury, Venus, and Neptune will appear in the morning. The timing and placement varies slightly between the Northern ...

Tuesday, February 25 through Friday, February 28, all seven planets may be visible in the evening sky in what is known as a Planetary Parade. According to NASA, while multiple planets in the night ...