I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

O'Donoghue pays a visit to NCPR's morning news show, Northern Light, to guide us through what to look for in the morning and ...

Those two factors—and the tilt of Earth—make this week one of the best of the year to see the Milky ... in conjunction with Jupiter and Mars in the east-northeast sky. In the very early ...

Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn will appear in the early morning sky during the first part of September. (AccuWeather) A telescope is necessary to see the planetary procession as Uranus and ...

The ringed planet reaches opposition, Mars slips past the open cluster M35, and the original Cepheid variable shines in the ...

The planet Saturn returns to our evening sky this week, and I think anyone who has ever seen it through a telescope would argue that it is their favorite ...

(When surveying the region, make sure not to mistake brighter, magnitude 0.6 Saturn ... sky. The Moon will occult several ...

Guides for viewing Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in September in addition ... Mercury is favorably positioned to see low in the eastern morning sky about an hour before sunup during ...

Light pollution, particularly in heavily built up areas, can prevent people from viewing the night sky properly. Less ...

A good pair of binoculars can suffice for a closer look, although a small telescope will reveal even more intricate details ...

That is also the title sometimes given to everyone’s favorite planet to see in telescopes ... these next few weeks, Saturn will appear midway up the southeast sky and in the dim constellation ...