Venus, the brightest point of light in the sky, is two and a half fists held upright and at arm’s length above the ...

Davis Astronomy Club invites everyone on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 25, for a free viewing of the rare alignment of six ...

A celestial event being hyped by some internet sites as an extremely rare planetary alignment has been oversold, astronomers are saying, but it should be a cool show if the sky is clear Saturday ...

Astronomers measure a star’s brightness using the apparent magnitude system, where lower values indicate brighter stars.

Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived in Egypt, built upon Babylonian knowledge in his geocentric model of the ...

Discover the fascinating world of Egyptian zodiac signs, their meanings, and how they connect to ancient astrology. Unveil ...

Plus: Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible, our Moon passes the bright star Spica, and Mars skims south of Pollux in Gemini in ...

The solar system consists of 8 planets, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Each planet has its own unique characteristics, such as size, composition ...

Six of the seven planets are visible at the same time in ... Eleanor Nash is a service journalism reporter at The Star. A Kansas City native, she previously worked at The Myrtle Beach Sun News ...

We can see four planets in the early evening sky this ... To the right of Orion and below him, you’ll see a very bright star. That’s Sirius, the sky’s brightest star. Measure two fist ...

However, this year a powerful new telescope is coming online that could prove once and for all that there really is a ninth planet in our Solar System. The same year that Pluto was ignominiously ...