What is the bright star in the east right now? Venus, the bright "Morning Star," shines brilliantly in the pre-dawn sky this ...

Pulling the plastic bins down the rough pavement of my driveway, I stare up at a smattering of stars and planets. I can’t see that many; the band of the Milky Way that I used to see nightly when I ...

SEATTLE — The smiley face moon made a partial appearance in the skies of western Washington just before sunrise Friday.

On April 25, a rare “smiley face” alignment of the Moon, Venus, and Saturn will appear before sunrise, followed by 2025’s ...

Across the world, those who looked up at the sky on the morning of Apr. 25, 2025, would have seen a smiling crescent face.

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

It wasn’t until NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) turned its eye to the scene that the story took an unexpected turn.

In Hyderabad, the crescent will be facing away from Venus, which—if anything—would resemble a frown rather than a smile.

A stretch of warm, humid weather will dominate Magnolia this weekend into early next week, with scattered thunderstorms but ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars themselves, but that is not the case at all.