When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special ...

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On Saturday, April 12, look east at dusk to see the next full moon rise into the sky: the "Pink Moon". April's full moon — the first of spring in the Northern Hemisphere — occurs as Earth gets between ...

Jupiter, as always, is a dazzling object, shining among the stars of Gemini the Twins. It reaches opposition on Jan. 10; this ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, June 20 The summer solstice occurs at this evening at 10:42 P.M. EDT. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, this marks the official ...

We’ve spent the entire summer without seeing a bright planet grace our early evening sky, but that has all changed! Right now we can welcome back the most dazzling world of our solar system: Venus. As ...

Saturn is visible only briefly in early February, but its rings are nearly edge-on. Venus is bright and easily visible throughout February, changing in phase and apparent size. Jupiter shows its moons ...

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I don’t know why, but I always miss the planet Jupiter when it’s not in our evening sky. Sure, we’ve now got dazzling Venus lighting up our western sky at dusk, and the planet Saturn appears in the ...

See the full Harvest Supermoon rise at sunset on Oct. 6. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Editor's note: The first supermoon of ...

If you haven't seen Venus yet, it's gotten easier. Although it hangs low in the west-southwestern sky at dusk it's surprisingly obvious 25 to 45 minutes after sundown. This is the planet at 7:40 p.m.