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 ...

And this year, you can also see Venus, the brightest planet, in the western sky. This weekend, you also can see the other four visible planets in the early morning sky. Go outside around 5:15 a.m ...

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 ...

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

It’s here we can find the northern sky’s brightest globular star cluster, M13. A naked-eye object from a dark site, it looks spectacular when viewed through a telescope.

Just above Mars is the brightest star cluster in the sky: the Pleiades, also magnitude +1.4. This is a cluster of newly born stars with about 800 members, located 400 light-years from the sun.

Sirius, one of the nearest stars to our solar system, will be briefly occulted by a three mile-wide asteroid called 4388 Jurgen, but only for those inside a narrow path through Mexico, US, and Canada.

You’ll see the most famous constellation Orion the Hunter to your right and you’ll realize that the sky is full of bright stars. Orion is surrounded by the Winter Hexagon, six of the 10 ...

Three fist-widths below Sirius and two fist-widths to the left you’ll see another bright star. That’s Canopus, the sky's second brightest gem. Measure three fist-widths up from Canopus.

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 Orion ...

Sirius is bright enough to dominate the night sky after sunset particularly if there are no planets around. It’s very bright because: Sirius is a big blue-white star 25 times the mass of our Sun.

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 ...