It's a busy week in outer space! Dr. Aileen O’Donoghue, astronomer with University and the Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory, checked in with NCPR to guide us through what we'll see.

Venus, our planet of wealth and worth, will be double-dipping and max-shinning day and night this week. Venus is known as the “Morning Star” or the “Evening Star,” depending on when it ...

Meanwhile Venus will shine bright at a brilliant ... The unlit side of the crescent moon will display its earthshine which is a faint glow that lights up the unlit side of a crescent moon because ...

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Using Venus as a guide, the moon will be to the lower left. Look for earthshine on the moon. Mercury will be just about a fist’s width held vertically at arm’s length below this beautiful pair.