Venus has been stealing the twilight show, glowing so fiercely that it can look like a misplaced aircraft or a distant beacon hanging over the horizon. Its current brilliance is not a cosmic accident ...

As the year nears its end, the winter solstice brings the year’s longest nights for those of us who reside in the Northern Hemisphere. And through the season, Mother Nature has seen to it that our ...

A planetary conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – sometimes more – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Both Venus and Jupiter are making ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A “planet parade” is building in the eastern sky before ...