If you peer at the sky during a cloudless dawn or dusk, you'd immediately spot Venus. Appearing as a brilliant, steadily shining speck, it's the second-brightest object in the night sky after the moon ...

The planet Jupiter on Jan. 10 will appear bigger and brighter than at any other time this year.

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...

A celestial event called a conjunction featured the moon, Venus, and the star Regulus on Sept. 19. The trio will still be shining on Sept. 20, but Venus and Regulus will be further from the moon. The ...