Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. September 7: Venus and Spica, side by side The ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

Skywatchers across North America have a rare shot at watching the moon erase Jupiter from view in full daylight. A slender ...

The Moon is now in Leo; together with the bright star Regulus, our satellite lines up with Mars and Jupiter to show off the ...

The moon and Jupiter will meet before dawn on Sept. 8, before the moon hides the giant planet from view in a rare daytime ...

Friday, September 4Last Quarter Moon occurs at 3:51 A.M. EDT Have you heard of the "demon star," Algol? This strange sun is actually two stars in a system known as an eclipsing binary. As the name ...

June might bring the shortest nights of the year in the northern hemisphere, but the sky is still putting on a beautiful show after sunset. This month, Venus and Jupiter — the two brightest planets ...

A drone photo taken on Sept. 9, 2026 shows the planet of Jupiter next to the moon in the sky over Tongjiang City, northeast ...

The moon and Jupiter will meet before dawn on Sept. 8, before the moon hides the giant planet from view in a rare daytime ...