Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers looking east a couple of hours after dark this ...

One of the brightest stars in the night sky will vanish as seen from North America and Europe in a rare event.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. What is the bright white star in the east right now?

Skywatchers across parts of North America are getting front-row seats to a lunar occultation, where Luna makes one of the ...

A G-shaped star pattern becomes visible after dark on February 9, 2026, formed from well-known winter stars observable in the Northern Hemisphere.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Compared to meteor showers and comets, these days, the Pleiades may be a lesser-known celestial display. The star cluster is also known as the Seven Sisters. According to Greek ...

“What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the ...

It’s not inaccurate to think of the heavens as a clockwork apparatus above our head. We use our planet’s spin to mark a day and its orbit around the sun to mark a year. That annual orbital reckoning ...