As the 11-year cycle downshifts from solar maximum to solar minimum, the lights will begin to diminish, so the time to plan a trip is now.

Venus and Saturn are due up for a visually striking event known as a planetary conjunction. Here's everything to know about ...

Six planets will align in the night sky on Saturday, Feb. 28, for a rare planetary parade. Here's how to see it.

Despite the dramatic name, these alignments aren’t exceptionally rare. The last six-planet parade occurred in January 2025, ...

Venus and Jupiter make good targets for skywatchers this month.

A total lunar eclipse is set to turn this week’s full moon dark, but will you be able to see it and when should you look? The total eclipse may not look exactly like what you’d expect. Here’s what to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is one of the most spectacular ...

Nearly all of the solar system’s planets are about to file across the night sky in a planetary alignment, and it will be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The northern lights, or aurora borealis, hang above the fishing village of Reine on Norway's Lofoten archipelago. The best places ...

It was early January 2025 when a faint light spot was observed at the Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. Follow-up observations revealed that the object was a comet visiting from the outer edge of the ...