For North Americans, this is an eye-catching sight, visible even from brightly lit cities.

A waning crescent Moon lies near bright Venus in the morning sky, offering a gorgeous pairing for visual observing or ...

The delicate waning crescent Moon stands directly to the left of the bright planet Venus before dawn. An hour before sunrise, ...

The Moon hangs near Saturn and Neptune in the early-morning sky, and it's best to catch them earlier rather than later. Try ...

The peak period to view the Milky Way will be from Tuesday, May 20, to Friday, May 30. "The galaxy's bright core becomes ...

Strawberry moon will be at full illumination June 11, the latest of the full moons tied to Native American tradition.

Cygnus the swan flies tonight. Deneb, the brightest star in the constellation, whose name means “tail” in Arabic, is two ...

Explore the wonders of the Northern Hemisphere's night sky with our guide to the best celestial sights you can observe with ...

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

"A bright Moon can be the thing that causes you to stay ... as it makes faint stars and other faint objects in the sky harder to see," NASA reports, adding that the best time to look is in the ...