The moon makes for an excellent guide to see Mars in the night sky tonight. As the sun sets this evening (Feb. 9), the moon ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

If you prefer evening observing, there’s another close pass awaiting you in the nighttime sky: Mars passes 2° south of Pollux in Gemini at noon EST, appearing to the star’s lower right in the ...

Look below, and to the left of the giant planet, and in the constellation Cancer, you'll see Mars, just beneath two bright stars, Castor and Pollux, in the constellation Gemini. Don't confuse it ...

If you look south just after dark, you’ll see the easily recognizable constellation Orion, the Hunter. Above and to the ...