This time of year, Aileen O'Donoghue cheers and pumps her fists as the sun sets earlier and earlier. "I just love these early evenings! The dark reveals other things to us!" said O'Donoghue, ...

July will kick off with a pairing of planets, the opening act of a month packed with astronomy events including a supermoon and dueling meteor showers. On Saturday evening, Venus and Mars will glow ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Sky-watchers who saw the Venus-Jupiter conjunction on ...

Astronomers are often asked how the casual observer can distinguish planets from bright stars in the night sky. It is commonly thought, and with a certain degree of justification, that stars twinkle, ...

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June is finally here, ushering in a new summer stargazing season and some sweet celestial events. This month, Northern Hemisphere skywatchers will be treated to bright, beautiful planets, the full ...