Britons have been treated to a rare light show this week as the Northern Lights spread ribbons of green and blue across the sky. Usually, the aurora borealis can only be seen in the auroral oval – a ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

The northern lights, known as the aurora borealis, are a spectacular natural light show visible at certain times of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. They occur when electrically charged ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies.

As we discussed last month, late January and early February will provide a stage for a Planet Parade, with six planets lining up in the night sky. On February 1, we should see the crescent moon in ...

Joining in late evening ... Northern Hemisphere observers. Located in Taurus, Jupiter climbs to 70° altitude at local midnight for mid-latitude U.S. observers. At magnitude –2.8, it dominates a ...