Possibly one of the best-known constellations in the northern sky, Ursa Major—or the Great Bear—contains an asterism of seven ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

Star mapping links us directly to the universe, requiring the careful observation and recording of celestial positions. This ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

In February, the iconic winter stars and constellations reach their prime positions for viewing. On the 1st, all will be ...

Here’s when you’ll see the next full moon, comets constellations and more. Venus will shine its brightest in February Stars get a lot of attention for shining bright, but planets shine ...

On a clear night we see about 2000 stars, organised through the ages into mythical character-based patterns called constellations, of which there are 88. From Ireland we see about half of them.

Here’s when you’ll see the next full moon, comets constellations and more. Venus will shine its brightest in February Stars get a lot of attention for shining bright, but planets shine, too. In fact, ...