Watching planets and stars as they appear in the sky is captivating, but gazing at pinpricks of light glistening against the celestial sphere doesn’t give the heavenward ogler a se...

We've seen Jupiter, the moon and Venus cavort in the sky in various configurations for months...

The moon and Jupiter are gearing up for an inauguration show of their own: On January 21, the day Barack Obama is sworn in for his second term, Mother Earth’s satellite and the sol...

Venus and Jupiter have moved their celestial trysts to mornings, Venus having transited the sun on June 5–6 . It is now the Morning Star...

Summer is fading into fall, and nights are lengthening as Mother Earth’s axis tilts back toward the winter solstice...

She's known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star, and under normal circumstances Venus keeps to those times...

So far in 2012 we’ve seen flaming aurora borealis displays associated with increased solar activity , with even better to come in the next year or two...

The moon is at it again, this time cuddling in a brilliant triangle with two other bright lights, Mars and the star Regulus at about 9 p.m. on April 3...

Venus, the moon and Jupiter are closing in for yet another love triangle on March 26, official sky observers say...

The Goddess of Love makes an appearance in the afternoon sky near the moon this afternoon, March 26, if you train your eye carefully—the two are near the sun, and looking in that d...