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As of earlier this week, four planets are visible to the naked eye in the evening sky, and they'll remain visible through mid-February. The planets include Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars.
The Waxing Crescent Moon will be in the western sky during the evening hours on the first night of the month, with the First Quarter Moon rising on the second. We will see the Waxing Gibbous Moon ...
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, February 14 The dwarf planet 1 Ceres is in conjunction with the Sun at 5 P.M. EST today. While this means we can’t see Ceres for now ...
We wont see four planets in the evening sky again until 2034 when. Saturn, Venus, and Mars,are breifly joined by Mars low on the horizon. This last happened breifly in January 2023 when Mars and ...
Mercury will be at its most distant point from the sun in Earth’s sky on July 4, making it a good time to spot the planet in the evening sky.
Stargazers are in for a treat this month, with the night sky expected to be chock-full of wondrous astronomical sights. From showers of glowing meteors to unusually bright planets, December has a ...
On Jan. 3, 2025, the "Evening Star" Venus and a waxing crescent moon crossed the night sky in an event known as a conjunction, where two objects share the same right ascension or celestial longitude.
7 night sky events to see in April, from a meteor shower to the ‘pink moon’ The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this ...
Find out what's up in your night sky during July 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.
Venus As The ‘Morning Star’ After spending the last six months in the evening sky for all to see, on March 23, Venus passed between Earth and the sun — a moment sky-watchers call inferior ...