June offers a celestial spectacle, starting with the Milky Way's rise in dark skies. Venus shines brightly in the early ...

Look for them around 10 p.m. local daylight time, roughly one-quarter up in the western sky. In addition to their closeness ...

There are two ways to use a star map. First, we can go from the sky to the map. Suppose, for example, we spot a fairly bright star halfway from the southeastern horizon to the zenith (the map’s center ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

Leo sees action as both Mars and Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 move through; plus, spot galaxies and noctilucent clouds in the sky this week.

Positioned near the moon will be two of the brightest stars in the constellation Gemini: Castor and Pollux. Together, these three celestial bodies will form a distinctive “lopsided grin.” Castor and ...

I’ve been finding my way around the night sky with a star map for more than six decades and have always found it quite easy. And then in 1994, I visited ...