July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.” ...

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

Three new preview cards from Magic: The Gathering’s Tarkir: Dragonstorm set include a card like Persistent Petitioners. Put as many as you want in your deck.

Read more: Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky Backward motion explained For the most part, the planets move eastward through the constellations.

“ Orion is a pretty awesome constellation because it's up for the majority of the night,” Faherty said. On Feb. 6, the star cluster Pleiades will appear near the moon.

Winter skies can be the clearest of the year and the richest in stars. Here are some of the constellations and planets to observe in the winter sky this season.

A decently dark site in a rural area has a sky background of about 21 mag/arcsec 2. In the Rocky Mountains in Colorado I’ve been to sites a bit darker than this, and it’s truly spectacular.

As the sky starts to darken, note that the Pleiades open cluster (M45) in Taurus will appear, hanging above the whole scene as it sinks toward the horizon. Sunrise: 6:20 A.M. Sunset: 7:40 P.M.

Update 4/10/24, 4:39 p.m. ET: This article was updated to clarify that a reference to the western and eastern horizons refers to the night sky.

Long and sparkly, the winter night sky is a spectacle — inviting us to wrap up, go outside and gaze up at planets, stars, airplanes, a sudden meteor and the parade of satellites.

In the winter in the northern hemisphere the sun is lowest in the sky on the solstice. At the equator the sun will be about 23.5 degrees south of directly overhead. Because the full moon is ...