Jupiter will reach its highest point in the sky around dawn, when, from mid-northern latitudes, it will appear about 20 ...

Since 1986 I have had an affiliation with the Hayden Planetarium in New York. My "official" title there is "Associate and Guest Lecturer." Indeed, through all of these years I given scores of ...

The two brightest nighttime stars available in the Minnesota and Wisconsin sky are Sirius and Arcturus. April is the only month of the year we can enjoy both of them at the same time in the early ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. After spending the last six months in the evening sky for ...

Two bright spots in your dark, pre-sunrise skies could very well be Venus and Jupiter, which are appearing very close together despite being millions of miles apart. Jupiter and Venus will appear at ...

The Moon passes 1.9° due north of Neptune at 6 A.M. EDT this morning. Early rises will be able to catch the Moon hanging between Venus and Mercury in the predawn sky — check out last week’s column for ...

“What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the ...

“What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the ...

Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars themselves, but that is not the case at all. Since 1986 I have had an affiliation with the Hayden Planetarium in New ...