Spring is a great time to observe star clusters, so tonight our target is the globular M68 in Hydra. Look south after sunset and you’ll find the eastern end of the Water Snake just below Virgo and ...

A triple conjunction is when three bodies, usually planets or stars, appear to meet each other or get super close to one another from our perspective on Earth. This is not unheard of, but it is a rare ...

Dwarf planet 1 Ceres reaches its stationary point in Cetus the Whale at 9 P.M. EDT. Previously it was moving eastward relative to the background stars. Now it will begin to move westward, or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An astronomical lineup of planets and a crescent moon on Friday morning at dawn is being dubbed the smiley-face moon. It’s being ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. In the wake of the rise of the full harvest moon during dusk ...