Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This week’s “planet parade” peaks on Wednesday, Aug. 20, as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. At 7:36 a.m. EST, today is every stargazer’s favorite moment ...

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 ...

To date it has been a superb winter for viewing the queen of the planets, Venus. February marks the pinnacle of the evening visibility of Venus as it stands like a sequined showgirl nearly halfway up ...

Stargazers are in for a treat this weekend, with the moon and a stunningly bright Venus set to appear very close to each other in the heavens. The event—known as a conjunction—will grace skies over ...

Early birds on Earth will have the chance to witness the moon teaming up with two planets to form a celestial smiley face this week. Between 30 to 40 minutes before sunrise on Friday, April 25, a ...

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 outside yesterday morning, you’ll note that the Moon is now a thinner ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19, while others will see the lunar disk pass ...

Should your local weather forecast suggest that Friday morning — the start of the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend — will be fair and clear, it will be well worth setting your alarm clock to awaken you ...

On October 18, the predawn sky features a close celestial alignment of the Moon and Venus within the constellation Virgo. Venus appears as a magnitude -3.9 object, exhibiting a 94% illuminated gibbous ...