March is about to feel different after sunset. A familiar full Moon will suddenly glow an intense shade of red. Two bright planets will appear to drift toward ...

Some parades occur when only three or four planets align in our sky, but the coming one on Feb. 28, 2026, is a bit more rare.

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, ...

July will kick off with a pairing of planets, the opening act of a month packed with astronomy events including a supermoon and dueling meteor showers. On Saturday evening, Venus and Mars will glow ...

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, ...