The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Have you ever seen the closest planet to the sun? Usually lost in the sun's glare — so in the daytime sky — from our point ...

Planets are always seen along an imaginary path through the sky called the ecliptic, the path of the sun through the daytime sky and the plane of the solar system. All that’s different is that ...