The details vary depending on your location, but out in the western U.S. and Canada the moon will already be among the Pleiades stars soon after the sun has set and the twilight sky darkens.

Rare planetary alignment featuring Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars promises celestial splendour in the southern hemisphere's twilight skies.

A telescope under a twilight sky ready for stargazing ... making it almost 14 times brighter than Sirius, the brightest star in the sky. During this elongation, Venus is at a maximum separation ...

As soon as it gets dark, two bright lights become visible—the brightest in the southwest and an almost-as-bright light in the east. What are they?

Orion the Hunter and Taurus the Bull face off in the southern sky in early February as soon as it gets dark. Taurus is home to two of the brightest star clusters, the Pleiades and Hyades. Both are ...

Skywatchers across the southern hemisphere will witness Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars forming a stunning lineup in the twilight sky, accompanied by the bright stars Altair and Fomalhaut.