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The moon will be closest to the Pleiades in the hours following sunset.

Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will appear together shortly after sunset on Feb. 28 — but is this the ...

The Moon passes 4° north of Jupiter this evening at 9 P.M. EST. The pair is visible most of the night in the central region of Gemini. Early in the evening, the nearly Full Moon hangs to the upper ...

Some discoveries make you stop and stare. The Nebra Sky Disc is one of them. Unearthed in Germany, this 3,800-year-old bronze disc seems simple at fir.

This month, skywatchers can enjoy a rare celestial event known as a "planetary parade," featuring six planets- Mercury, Venus ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. February 2: The Moon occults Regulus Uranus stands stationary at midnight EST. Located in the constellation Taurus, the ice ...

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Dennis Herrmann developed a life-long interest in astronomy at an early age and got his first telescope at the age of 12. Through his 43 years of teaching at ...

Seven sisters constellation’s brightest members will be hidden from view for about an hour On the night of 27 January, the moon passes in front of the Pleiades star cluster, temporarily hiding ...

Open clusters (OCs) are groups of stars formed from the same giant molecular cloud and loosely gravitationally bound to each other. Astronomers are interested in exploring the structures of OCs in ...