I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

February’s night sky gives us the bright trio of Mars, Jupiter and Venus, according to NASA skywatch experts. “Venus blazes ...

In fact, in binoculars, it looks a little more than a bright white star, and only in telescopes can you see the changing phases of Venus. It’s currently a little more than half-lit, and will ...

“I don’t expect anyone else to believe in me,” Venus Williams said over the weekend in Miami. “I expect to believe in myself.” By now, three months shy of her 35th birthday, Venus has ...

Sometimes, the best innovative ideas come from synthesizing two previous ones. We've reported before on the idea of having a ...

Planets continue their nighttime shows, with eight visible at points during February, including Venus on Feb. 14.

The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting ...

The end of February is the beginning of an evening appearance by the as yet unmentioned planet, Mercury. It appears by about ...