When you wish upon a star, Jiminy Cricket told us ... As an astronomer, I’m happy to say that the stars we can see in the night sky are a lot closer and live a lot longer than you would think.

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

What better way is there to welcome 2025 than wishing upon a star? How about 200 stars ... Their radiant, or point in the sky from which the meteors appear to come, is an obsolete constellation ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

But I believe there also are other stars gracing the winter sky that are just as beautiful ... if we are lucky. With people wishing upon the year’s first shooting stars, the celestial sphere ...