Not surprisingly, Venus is nicknamed “Morning Star” for when it’s visible before dawn ... Venus is so bright because it is so close to Earth. That's despite it currently being a crescent ...

Venus will reach its peak brightness on April 24 before sunrise, visible as the Morning Star in the eastern sky. The planet ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

That should be a clue to why stars appear to twinkle, since the ISS orbits 254 miles (409 km) above the Earth — and its tempestuous atmosphere. The twinkling effect is caused by the unstable ...

Alpha Centauri is a triple star system, the third brightest and closest star system to Earth at 4.37 light-years away. Arcturus, the fourth brightest star, lies in the constellation Boötes.

View a brilliant morning star, enjoy dark skies during New Moon, and take in plenty of deep-sky targets in the sky this week.

The two brightest nighttime stars visible in the Pottsville sky are Sirius ... they migrate from east to west from night to night as Earth orbits the sun. This is Sirius’ swan song as it shines ...

When the moon is exactly on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun ... The right triangle points west, and the westernmost (and brightest) star is the end of the Lion's tail, called Denebola.

Sirius is the king of stellar brightness and is often referred to as the star of winter, although it’s visible ... is so bright because it’s one of the closest stars to the Earth, a little ...