Tonight's gibbous moon can help guide skywatchers to two iconic stars in the night sky. The scene can be easily viewed with the unaided eye; however, viewing the spectacle through binoculars will ...

The waxing gibbous moon will be located by the bright stars of Castor and Pollux for most of the night as Friday makes way for the weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Just like celestial clockwork, the Earth, in its orbit around the sun, has swung in the direction of the constellation Gemini the Twins. It’s on the rise in the early evening eastern sky just to the ...

Pollux and Castor are two fairly bright stars not far apart on the face of the night sky, prominent on April evenings. These two are considered the “heads” in the constellation, Gemini the Twins. They ...

While the “Boys of Summer,” the Minnesota Twins, have hit Target field, the celestial boys of winter are gradually making their way to the horizon in the western evening sky. I’m referring to Gemini ...

We may shake a fist at the moon when the northern lights are out, but on most nights it's a huge help. And not just because it helps us see better in darkness. The moon travels in a ring around the ...

A unique celestial event will grace the night sky on May 29, 2025, as the crescent moon aligns with two bright stars to form an unmistakable smiley visible to millions of skywatchers.According to ...

As the Milky Way galaxy continues its inexorable seasonal descent toward the western horizon, March’s night skies offer stellar subtleties often overlooked by skywatchers who’d been mesmerized by ...

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

Since late autumn, the great constellation Orion the Hunter has been gradually migrating westward across the Pottsville evening sky. His calling card is his bright belt of three stars in nearly a ...