Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday3This dark, moonless Friday the 13th evening is the perfect time ...

A rare astronomical phenomenon will take place Saturday, Feb. 28, and Birmingham will have a great view. A “planetary parade” happens when six planets appear in a loose alignment shortly after sunset, ...

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

Explore the notable celestial events this week, including Moon phases, planetary positions, and star formations, with detailed viewing times and locations based on Sky & Telescope reports.

But unlike Jupiter, Venus does have phases, going from not illuminated at all (when it is between the Earth and the Sun) to ...

From dazzling Jupiter high in the evening sky to elusive Mercury low at sunset, February 2026 offers one of the year's best ...

In the western sky on Monday evening, Feb. 23, in the Americas, the waxing half-moon will shine a short distance to the lower ...

There’s really no reason you can’t use binoculars to look into space – and in fact astronomers have been working on doing so ...

February stargazing is so special. Sure it’s cold but the extra special celestial jewels make it worth bundling up for. If you’re not already in the darker countryside, try to get out there. But ...

On April 24, 1990, humanity launched a scientific revolution. I mean “launched” literally: on that date the space shuttle Discovery roared into the sky with the Hubble Space Telescope nestled in its ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A telescope cut through this week’s northern lights this as seen from the Pacific Northwest coast. KOIN 6 viewer, Jim Preusse, captured these unique views of the Andromeda ...

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that time was “running out” in the race to build the next great optical telescope ...