This time of year, Aileen O'Donoghue cheers and pumps her fists as the sun sets earlier and earlier. "I just love these early evenings! The dark reveals other things to us!" said O'Donoghue, ...

I absolutely love stargazing in January. It’s worth bundling up for. Nights are long with some of the brightest constellations of the year. This January though is really something: Jupiter, Mars, ...

Beginning in late November during the waning phases of the Moon, and then again in late December, you can investigate the possibility of a curious optical phenomenon. It involves a bright planet ...

Astronomers are often asked how the casual observer can distinguish planets from bright stars in the night sky. It is commonly thought, and with a certain degree of justification, that stars twinkle, ...

Illinois residents can catch a glimpse of a bright planetary alignment in January. bjdlzx Getty Images Illinois stargazers have the chance to see a “planet parade” this January, with four bright ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn shine in a January planet alignment, NASA says. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Four bright ...

We’ve got two very bright planets visible this month. The planet Venus dominates the morning sky as a dazzling bright light in the eastern sky before dawn. Don’t miss a spectacular pairing of Venus ...

Pennsylvania residents can catch a glimpse of a bright planetary alignment in January, and the next meteor shower will be in April. Shutterstock Pennsylvania stargazers have the chance to see a ...