With a telescope, you'll see that Venus may be bright but it is only showing off a crescent phase some 26 percent lit. Nonetheless, its full disk stretches a hefty 39" - that's a larger angular size ...

Venus and Saturn shine before dawn, with Neptune tucked between them — see if you can spot the ice giant with binoculars or a ...

Venus is the dazzlingly bright Morning Star for this spring and summer. Look for it low in the east. It attained its greatest brilliancy (magnitude -4.7) on April 27, but it is practically at that ...

Venus dominates as the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east-southeast before dawn; the Eta Aquariid meteor shower takes place ...

Friday, May 2, presents a perfect opportunity to catch the mighty ice giant Neptune close to the planets Saturn and Venus in ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked ...

As May commences, Jupiter, resembling a luminous golden star within the constellation Taurus, shines high above the western ...

The predawn morning sky is now as interesting as the evening sky with super-bright Venus and medium-bright Saturn gracing the ...

By Deane Morrison In May Jupiter sinks into the sunset, ending a months-long guest starring role with the bright winter ...

The Red Planet will meet a beautiful star cluster called the Beehive on Friday (May 2). Also known as M44, the cluster will ...