With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. What does a sunset on the moon look like? Abrupt, brief, dramatic. Since the moon has no atmosphere, day turns to night as soon ...

Mighty Jupiter stands high in the east at sunset, dominating the stars of Taurus the Bull as they begin to appear in the ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...