Thankfully, a fresh start is incoming, as the first new moon of the summer rises on July 14. This lunation brings the sun and ...

People can see three planets in the night sky for the next four days. The three planets include Jupiter, Venus and Mercury. The moon is not expected to interfere with being able to see the ...

The bright planets will appear within a pinkie width of each other this June—their closest alignment until 2028. Jupiter and Venus appear close to one another above the alpine mountains in what is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers are already out shortly after sunset observing ...

Saturn and the moon will appear close together in the night sky in an event known as a conjunction. The celestial event will be visible for one night on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, after sunset. Viewers in ...

On January 9, 2026, Mars reaches solar conjunction—meaning it aligns directly with the Sun, disappearing from our night sky as it crosses behind the Sun’s brilliance. This conjunction arrives amid a ...

The moon-planet-star trio are among the brightest objects in our solar system, meaning the impending conjunction should be incredibly easy to spot. A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at ...

Among the planetary movements in August 2025, the first one I want to focus on is the "Sun-Mercury conjunction" that occurred on August 1st. I know, some of you might be thinking, "Huh?" when I ...

Over 2,500 years ago, Aristotle said, “Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” I think Aristotle got it right. Happiness is made up of two ingredients: ...