On Jan. 9, skywatchers can watch the dark limb of the 82%-illuminated waxing gibbous moon creep across this beloved star ...

Sky gazers will get a peek at what has been called a "parade of planets," where this time around, up to seven planets may ...

The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses. But don’t expect any sun-disappearing acts like the one that mesmerized ...

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January's skywatching highlights include four planets visible to the naked eye, Venus and Saturn's conjoin, and red planet ...

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Jan. 21 (morning): The Moon, just shy of last quarter, is 3½° to the lower left of Spica in Virgo. Jan. 23 (evening): Mars, in Gemini, is 2½° to the right of Pollux in the eastern sky.

With the arrival of a new year comes plenty of opportunities to witness a bevy of celestial events that will brighten the ...

New moon: The moon is between Earth and the sun ... in Space.com's Full Moon Calendar. Our night sky guide has a list of events for skywatching this month.

Step outside shortly after sunset on Monday, Jan. 13, and look low in the east-northeastern sky. There you’ll see the rising full moon, and just below it ...

A solar eclipse crossed North America. Two robotic landers reached the lunar surface, largely intact. The most powerful ...

And since it’s home to two of the world’s 22 dark sky sanctuaries, it’s a prime place to appreciate the cosmic universe, ...