North America’s celestial highlights for the weekend ahead, which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern ...

If you have binoculars, you may even spot some of Jupiter’s largest moons as tiny pinpoints beside the planet ...

Even in the worst areas of light pollution, you can’t miss Venus. After hiding out in the morning sky most of the last half ...

If you’re in the mood for a little late-night magic, you’re in luck! Just after midnight, the moon — now passing its last quarter phase — will light up the east-northeastern horizon, cozying up right ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Early risers are this week being treated to the sight of a ...

See dazzling planets, the Milky Way and a trio of celestial animals brightening the spring sky around May's new moon.

There’s no mistaking Jupiter in the sky these Pottsville winter evenings, rising in the southeast as evening twilight ends. In fact you should be able to easily see it long before twilight fades.

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick ...

Jupiter's moons can have surprising effects on the world's displays of auroral lights by "stomping down" on the planet's gigantic magnetic environment.These surprising effects, detected in ...

We already know a decent amount about how planets form, but moon formation is another process entirely, and one we're not as familiar with. Scientists think they understand how the most important moon ...