Look to the east before sunrise on June 22 to catch the delicate form of the crescent moon shining with Venus alongside the Pleiades star cluster.

This Sunday, June 22, offers a breathtaking sky show, with a stunning triangular alignment of the waning crescent moon, the ...

That's because on June 22, a triangular arrangement of the waning crescent moon flanked by Venus and the Pleiades star ...

Look east before sunrise on Sunday to catch a stunning trio: a crescent moon flanked by bright Venus and the Pleiades star ...

There will be three full moons during the summer. And the sky this season has a number of bright stars that form easily ...

Radar and gravity records from NASA’s Magellan orbiter show that Venus' surface is still shifting and is not geologically ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

Earthshine is sunlight reflected from the Earth out to the moon and back to our eyes. Since the light is reflected rather than direct, the illumination is subtle. With binoculars, the major lunar seas ...

Several visible planets, a new moon, Venus' pull from the sunrise and Manhattanhenge will all occur within the coming week. Throughout the remainder of May, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus are visible ...

Summer has arrived in the Chicago area, and while the astronomical start to the season has still yet to occur, a gorgeous sight in the skies still awaits before the summer solstice.