If you're at all interested in things astronomical, people might ask you what's that "big star" in the east. It's not the Star of Bethlehem. This is Jupiter, the largest of our solar system's planets.

As Earth catches up to and passes Jupiter bringing it at its closest, biggest, and brightest in the evening sky. The bright star seen in the eastern evening sky in recent weeks isn't a star, it's a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Look to the east and west after dark this week, and you’ll ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. As night’s window opens across the world, a bright point of ...

What's that bright object in the eastern sky around 9 o'clock? A planet 11 times larger than Earth! Clouds seem to reach for Jupiter, which is reflected in a lake near Duluth, Minn., earlier this ...

The Perseids will peak overnight, but it is worthwhile to get outside and see it Tuesday night as well. Start watching after 11 p.m. local time and especially in the hours before dawn to look for them ...

This morning is a busy one: Venus passes 0.9° south of Jupiter at 4 A.M. EDT, the two planets officially meeting in a conjunction as the Perseid meteor shower peaks. Step outside at 4 A.M. local time ...

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