We’re also losing evening daylight. The sun set at 6:52 p.m. on the 28th of June, which is the latest sunset time of the year ...

The night sky can be a wondrous place filled with stars, but there are some brilliant celestial lights that shine brighter than others. In busy cities, you may only be able to see the brightest ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

Jupiter is in the evening eastern sky and it’s bright enough that, like Venus, it’s hard to miss too. That triangle of stars to the right and just above Jupiter is the head of Taurus the Bull ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for ...

Known as the “dog star” for its place amid the constellation Canis Major, Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. The vivid star is one of the nearest to Earth, at just 8.6 light-years ...

Around 7 to 8 p.m., look about halfway up in the western sky for Deneb, the second-brightest star you can see in that area of the sky. Just below Deneb, look for three fairly bright stars in a ...

Our tempestuous atmosphere. I'm sure that most of us have noticed the "flickering" effect (as Ariana put it) of stars in our night sky. And we've all heard of the 19th century poem penned in 1806 ...

Known as the “dog star” for its place amid the constellation Canis Major, Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. The vivid star is one of the nearest to Earth, at just 8.6 light-years ...