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 ...

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

Venus shines brightly in the west, while amber orange-colored Mars is visible high up in the eastern sky. Jupiter appears ...

Venus and Saturn will perform a dazzling ... It just so happens that the bright planets are currently visible from the night side of Earth. Venus is currently in its “evening star” apparition ...

A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...

Watch a bright Moon dominate the sky, trace the Winter Hexagon, and continue enjoying the evening parade of planets in the ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s ...

Saturn sets at ... as the Twins are on their "side" just after they get above the horizon. North and west of the Twins is Auriga, the Charioteer. Auriga contains the bright star Capella, which ...

It’s almost on the other side of the sun from us right ... the planet really is less than half as bright as it can be at other times. Rest assured, Saturn’s magnificent rings are still there!

Claims of a "rare planetary alignment" are misleading; it's just visible planets. A true "golden conjunction" occurs on Sept. 8, 2040.

In “The Bright Side,” Sumit Paul-Choudhury argues that optimism, though it may seem irrational at times and even ridiculous, is “central to the human psyche.” It confers an advantage “in ...