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Summer has arrived in the Chicago area, and while the astronomical start to the season has still yet to occur, a gorgeous ...
For North Americans, this is an eye-catching sight, visible even from brightly lit cities.
The Moon is now situated between magnitude 1.1 Saturn and magnitude –4.5 Venus in the east an hour before dawn. If you were ...
Since March, Venus has been visible in the morning sky, just east of sunrise. But the planet's greatest elongation, when it ...
Venus continues to be the brilliant “Morning Star” in the East before dawn, albeit dimming just a bit as it moves away from ...
It was a race against the rising sun as astrophotographer Josh Dury captured a fleeting cosmic moment before dawn’s light ...
In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out before sunrise and face east. There, you’ll ...
For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear to snuggle up close to Venus, particularly for skywatchers across the Western Hemisphere. It will make for an eye-catching scene as the two ...
About 45 minutes after sunset on Monday, look toward the southwest horizon to see Venus hovering near to the moon; an eye-catching tableau in spite of the pair's low altitude. Venus will likely ...
Sky watchers will soon be able to spot the waning crescent Moon visit two Solar System worlds in the early morning sky ...