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

Taurus also is the location of an important ... Well, most of it, anyway; Aldebaran isn't part of the cluster. That bright star lies 65 light-years from Earth, while the other stars are 150 ...

Word is sure getting around about the "parade of planets" visible in our evening sky! Many of the news outlets and social ...

Both the moon and Jupiter will be in the Taurus constellation during the close approach, appearing as two bright points above the red supergiant star Aldebaran, the brightest star in the ...

On Sunday (January 28) around 2:53 a.m. Pacific standard time, the brightest star in the constellation of Taurus will be eclipsed by the moon. Aldebaran is a massive red star that's 36 light years ...

Jupiter and Mars will rule the sky in February. You’ll find them high overhead in the evening, together with the winter ...

On April 30, Venus and Jupiter were just a quarter of a degree apart. In late June, the five naked eye planets appeared in solar system ...

a tiny Mercury just above supergiant Aldebaran, the brightest star in the constellation of Taurus. At dawn on June 24th, the crescent Moon joins the planetary lineup. It's conveniently placed between ...

A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest in the early evening, despite being only a slim crescent through the telescope eyepiece. Mars and Jupiter to rule the night sky after Venus ...

February evenings offer some of the best conditions for viewing the famous winter constellations. This year they approach Mars from the east, ending the month with the Pleiades star cluster ...