Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 14The Moon reaches Full phase early this morning at 2:55 ...

The western sky after sunset on Saturday, March 1, will provide us with a spectacular sight and a lovely photo opportunity. The sliver of a crescent moon will shine below Venus and above Mercury.

Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s ...

The seven other planets in our solar system can be seen in the sky at once through Friday, forming a planet parade. But two ...

Look west and see the sun set. Look east, the full moon rises. Seeing this phenomenon is impressive, but not unique, according to the Journal's astronomy expert, Kevin McKeown. In April, September, ...

For a few days around this date, we can try spotting Venus in bright twilight both immediately before sunrise and right after sunset. It rapidly zooms into the morning sky, reaching an angular ...

Whenever planets are visible in the night sky, they always appear roughly along the same line. This path, known as the ...

Sunrise: 7:16 A.M. Sunset: 7:04 P.M. Moonrise: 5:42 P.M. Moonset: 6:41 A.M. Mercury & Venus appear side by side tonight in the evening sky. The two planets are 5.5° apart and remain visible for ...

It was around 1870 when the British physicist John William Strutt, better known as Lord Rayleigh, first found an explanation for why the sky is blue: Blue light from the Sun is scattered the most when ...