Mercury — passes superior conjunction with the sun on Feb. 9 and enters the evening sky. By Feb. 19, only 9 degrees from the sun, Mercury can be seen at magnitude -1.2 with binoculars 20 minutes ...

Given that the sun is literally the brightest object in the entire sky, even a modest boost from binoculars or telescopes will turn this bright object into a blowtorch. This is the same principle ...

You’ll see the beautiful sight of a bright Venus ... when it will reach about 47 degrees from the sun after sunset, appearing as high in the sky as it ever can—in relative darkness.

It drops back toward the sun during March but appears as a beautiful slender crescent even in binoculars. Venus transitions to the morning sky in April, this time reappearing as a magnificent ...

Aside from the sun and moon, there is no brighter object ... close to the moon—undoubtedly one of the most beautiful sights for any sky-watchers—though Venus itself will be visible about ...

Hot on the heels of a spectacular comet late last year, another celestial visitor is set to put on a show. And Southern Hemisphere observers have a ringside seat. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) has just ...