The key to spotting a moon halo is having clear sky conditions with only a thin layer of cirrus clouds–if thicker clouds are ...

Witness a lunar occultation of both Mars and the Pleiades; plus, Mars reaches opposition and Venus and Saturn sit close ...

Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 will be Black Moon nights. It happens when there are two new moons in the same calendar month. The next Black Moon to meet this definition won’t happen until August of 2027, ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which began orbiting Jupiter on July 4, 2016, is the first spacecraft to peer below Jupiter’s clouds ...

There's a full moon shining in every calendar month of 2025 on these dates: Jan. 13, Feb. 12, March 14, April 13, May 12, ...

Greetings everyone! Welcome to another wonderful year of looking at some of the best night skies on the planet.

Bright stars, bright Mars and a vanishing Moon will highlight the winter sky over Washington. Bright stars, bright Mars and a vanishing Moon will highlight the winter sky over Washington. Our longest ...

If you're planning to gaze at the night sky in the upcoming year ... The space agency says the intensity of the moon's color will depend on the amount of dust or clouds in the Earth's atmosphere ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to Northern Hemisphere mid-northern ...