The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

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

After sunset on April 2, look for the crescent moon and Jupiter in the western sky. The duo will appear within a palm’s width ...

The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers ... look in the lower part of the western sky, where the bright little Pleiades Star Cluster (aka The Seven Sisters, Subaru, and Messier 45 ...

With planets, a meteor shower and a strange glowing light, April's night sky serves up some sweet spring treats.That's if ...

GALLERY | "Blood moon" stuns western Washington Luckily for stargazers ... This is the same process that makes our sky appear blue by day or reddish-orange at sunset. Due to the expected red ...

This is M88, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. M88 has a visual magnitude of +9.4 and is 65 million light ...

Without question, the month of April belongs to Venus. This dazzling planet, which dominated the evening sky from last fall on through the winter, has now taken up residence in the morning sky.

Here's our weekly guide to the planets, stars and other highlights in the night sky this week. Plus, we've got a heads up on ...