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

Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in February 2025: If you've been outside just after sunset in the last month, you'll know Venus dominates the post-sunset night sky. Tonight ...

On Saturday 1 February, some of our BBC Weather Watchers reported these sightings of the crescent Moon and Venus close ...

Read on to find out what's up in the night sky tonight (planets visible now, moon phases ... of the same primordial gas cloud. To the unaided eye, only six of the stars are usually apparent ...

Around midnight tonight in the east, a 55%-lit waning gibbous moon ... night sky. Look south anytime after dark, and you'll see the red planet Mars just a couple of degrees from bright star ...

Castor and Pollux, the two stars for whom the constellation is named, will shine just to the left of the pair. Want to see the moon or Mars up close in the night sky? The Celestron NexStar 4SE is ...

Other exciting things to keep an eye out for in the night sky this month are bright planets. The planets will continue to put ...

Another treat is in store for stargazers tonight (February 9) as the Moon and ... Gemini's bright stars Castor and Pollux, set to shine to their left. According to BBC Sky at Night Magazine ...