Venus has been stealing the twilight show, glowing so fiercely that it can look like a misplaced aircraft or a distant beacon hanging over the horizon. Its current brilliance is not a cosmic accident ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. What is the bright star in the east before sunrise? Venus — ...

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The Moon passes 2° south of Venus at 1 P.M. EDT. By this evening, they are roughly 6° apart, with the Moon to Venus’ lower left in the sky tonight, instead of the lower right (as it appeared yesterday ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. What is the bright “star” in the sky after sunset?

A celestial phenomenon is set to occur between Venus and the moon Thursday night, according to NASA's calendar. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere and you've got a clear sky Thursday, look to the ...

February might be our shortest month, but it’s far from bleak. The winter night sky will be beckoning us to look up all month long. In January, we were treated to a “Planet Parade” of four bright ...

One of the best naked-eye stargazing sights of the year is on offer to skywatchers this week — if you can rise before the sun Friday (Sept. 19). Just before sunrise, the crescent moon, the brilliant ...