A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent ...

The celestial bodies near us, the sun and the moon and the planets, all seem to arc across the sky every day and night from east to west on that same imaginary track. From the Earth's surface ...

This dazzling planet ... a slender crescent moon sitting about 5 degrees to the right of Jupiter. Saturn is now a morning object, emerging from the glare of the rising sun. However, it is slow ...

The Sun is a star, a giant ball of burning gas. The heat and light that it gives off helps to keep everything on our planet ... s day time, when it’s facing away from the Sun that's night ...

Higher up, you’ll find Mars close to the twin stars of Gemini, Castor and Pollux: the Moon is very close to the Red Planet on 5 April. As it moves leftwards in the sky, Mars lines up with Castor and ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

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The best telescopes allow you to observe the night sky in more detail. The best telescopes unlock the wonders of the night sky right from your backyard and beyond. Bring the Moon and planets into ...

The planet will reach its greatest western elongation, one of the two points in its orbit where it is farthest from the sun ... two-night window is the best time to catch the show. The moon ...

There are a few things to choose from this month if you enjoy heading out and looking up at the night ... the moon will be at its closest point to Earth, its orbit places it between the sun ...