Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you were up early enough on Friday, Sept. 19, you may have noticed the bright star shining next to the crescent moon in the ...

Three celestial bodies will be meeting up for one night in September in a cosmic party that should be widely visible in the sky, including in Kentucky. What makes the close approach of the objects so ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers will be treated to one of the year’s most ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...

A celestial event called a conjunction featured the moon, Venus, and the star Regulus on Sept. 19. The trio will still be shining on Sept. 20, but Venus and Regulus will be further from the moon. The ...