Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers looking east a couple of hours after dark this ...

Venus continues to dazzle the night sky as an “Evening Star" ...

Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. April 5: Your last glimpse of Comet Wierzchoś? The Moon passes 0.6° south of Antares at 4 P.M. EDT on April 6, with the two ...

The Summer Triangle is now sinking in the west late in the evening as the winter constellations prepare to take over the sky. Look west around 10 P.M. local daylight time and you can still see the ...

Astronomers use many mnemonics (memory tricks?) to remember stars and constellations. One of these that is visible right now is the Winter Circle. Follow Orion’s three belt stars southeast (down and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. If you’ve noticed a dazzling “star” low in the western sky ...

Visibility and timing depend on your exact location, with the event unfolding between roughly 8:40 and 10:05 p.m. EST for those in the viewing zone On Monday, Feb. 2, a rare celestial alignment will ...

A record-setting pristine star provides a window into the dawn of stars and galaxies in the universe. This groundbreaking ...

Skywatchers across parts of North America are getting front-row seats to a lunar occultation, where Luna makes one of the brightest stars in the night sky vanish Getty Set your alarms, stargazers! The ...