The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

Catch it this evening right after sunset; it stays up a little less than an hour, depending on your location. March 8: The ...

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Mercury puts on its best evening apparition of 2025 for ... immediately before sunrise and right after sunset. It rapidly zooms into the morning sky, reaching an angular distance of 15 degrees ...

This Friday, all seven planets will be in the night sky for a brief period. Join the cosmic spectacle and learn where to look ...

While much of what you've been hearing about a "Planetary Parade," is pure hype, you still do have reason to look into the ...

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

With clear skies and weather permitting you can observe at least one bright planet in the night's sky. Even two or three ...

Sunrise: 7:16 A.M. Sunset: 7:04 P.M. Moonrise: 5:42 P.M. Moonset: 6:41 A.M. Mercury & Venus appear side by side tonight in the evening sky. The two planets are 5.5° apart and remain visible for ...

Mercury will inch closer to Venus until March 9 when the pair reach conjunction, according to In the Sky. A conjunction ...