From New York City, for example, the sun sets at 5:12 p.m. and by the end of civil twilight at 5:41 p.m., the moon sets at 7:54 p.m. and Saturn at 8:06 p.m.; the actual conjunction is at 11:52 p.m ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Witness a rare cosmic sight as Venus and the crescent moon align beautifully over the Eiffel Tower in Paris, part of a larger ...

Planet ‘parades’ are not uncommon. While occasionally spotting 4-5 planets is not unusual, sighting the alignment of all 7 ...

At new phase, you can't see the moon from Earth because the illuminated side is facing away from us, and on top of that new moons rise and set with the sun; even if one could light ... York City the ...

Scientists explore Lost City, in the Atlantic, where chemical reactions in hydrothermal vents could explain the origin of ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

An asteroid that's big enough to wipe out a city has a 1-in-43 chance of hitting ... there's an even smaller chance that it might crash into the moon instead. The potentially hazardous asteroid ...

The second full moon of the year—arriving on February 12—takes its name from the dusting of snowfall common at this time of ...

For example, if you want to see the ridges of the moon or the rings of Saturn, look through the telescope ... Just go to a dark location away from city lights.” Touted as *the* biggest cosmic event of ...

Look up this week for February’s full snow moon and to catch the last glimpse of a visible parade of planets in the night sky ...