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The full moon of June, also called the Strawberry Moon, will occur on June 21 at 9:08 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0108 UTC June 22), according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. Observers in Oceania will ...

Welcome to the 111th edition of 6 Storm Team Starwatch! This is a blog that will be posted every week that will list events happening in the sky. Thursday and Friday mornings Mars will be visible in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Meanwhile, the week ends with an opportunity to observe a ...

There are only four bright stars that lie near the ecliptic, the path the planets, sun and moon take through the sky - Regulus (Leo), Spica (Virgo), Aldebaran (Taurus) and Antares in Scorpius. This ...

This July provides an opportunity to spot the elusive innermost planet Mercury: it appears low in the west-northwest at dusk, and sets over an hour after the sun for most of the month. Look for ...

Scorpius raises his head in the southeastern sky on late June nights. Get acquainted with the constellation and its "heart-star" Antares. At nightfall (around 10:30-11 p.m. CDT) in late June, look for ...

On the evening of Sunday, Aug. 3, skywatchers will be treated to a close encounter between two of the sky’s brightest nighttime objects. Just after sunset, the waxing crescent moon will appear ...