Open star clusters sparkle as Luna and Venus line up and Jupiter’s moons jockey for position in the sky this week.

As darkness falls, Jupiter, nearing its biggest and brightest for 2024 rises north of due east and remains on display ...

Called Olbers’ paradox, the seemingly simple mystery of the sky’s darkness is something that stumped astronomers for ...

Sunday, November 24 Venus lingers long after sunset in the last weeks of the month, now setting nearly three hours after the ...

A waning crescent moon will creep closer and closer to Spica until the star's light is extinguished in the blink of an eye on ...

Think you know your constellations? See how many star groups you can name in 10 minutes and try to top the leaderboard.

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...