Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Monday, Dec. 22Crescent moon: look low in the southwest just ...

A couple sits on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River as the full moon rises in the distance Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. Monday night's full moon, also known as a Harvest Moon, will ...

Dwarf planet 1 Ceres reaches its stationary point in Cetus the Whale at 9 P.M. EDT. Previously it was moving eastward relative to the background stars. Now it will begin to move westward, or ...

Look north late this evening to spot the constellation Camelopardalis slowly rising away from the horizon. Located just beneath W-shaped Cassiopeia around 11 P.M. local daylight time, Camelopardalis ...

Watch this stunning pairing in the pre-dawn sky. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest updates on ...

Friday, December 5 Saturn's far-wandering moon Iapetus reaches superior conjunction tomorrow, December 6. Observers in the U.S. will be able to spot this moon just over 1′ due south of the ringed ...

February 19, 2026, brings a rare double celestial treat as Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation and a crescent Moon passes close to Saturn. Here’s when and where to watch these two-night ...