Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. With the full “Beaver Moon” now almost a week ago, the night ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. At 7:36 a.m. EST, today is every stargazer’s favorite moment ...

Stargazers are in for a spectacular treat this weekend as Venus—often called the “Evening Star”—will appear right next to a ...

Amid tonight's waning crescent moon phase — a very thin sliver of light — you may catch site of the bright Leonid meteor shower that peaked this week and remains active until Nov. 30 or the Northern ...

An eye-catching pairing of the two brightest objects in the night sky — dazzling Venus and a lovely waning crescent moon — will be the chief celestial attraction in the predawn morning sky on Thursday ...

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset on Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a conjunction ...

Were you up early this morning? If you were -- and you looked up into the sky -- you may have noticed a bright light nearly next to a waning crescent moon. But it wasn't a star -- it was Venus. Stream ...

In an unofficial sense, I would like to dub today (April 10) as "View a Planet Day." In the early morning hours will be two planets that will appear very close to each other and then later that same ...