Today, Venus is referred to as the "Christmas Star" because it will be the brightest object in the sky, besides the moon and sun, Throop said. Stars can be seen in the night sky. When Jupiter is ...

Venus will move higher and higher in the night sky, setting several hours after the sun. Because of how bright Venus will appear, some are referring to it as this year's Christmas Star ...

He's talking about the "Christmas star," in which the two huge planets come so close as viewed from Earth that they appear as one very bright light in the night sky. Jupiter and Saturn align every ...

MORE: 'Zombie star' could flare up ... time to go outside and look up at the night sky," Henry Throop, a planetary scientist at NASA, told ABC News. The "Christmas Star" may have historically ...

Stars can be seen in the night sky. Picture Alliance/DPA via Getty Images The "Christmas Star" may have historically been when Jupiter and Saturn were in conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn or ...

A trifecta of stargazing events could be visible in space in the coming days. In addition to the crescent moon and the possibility of more displays of the Northern lights, Venus, the brightest ...

MORE: 'Zombie star' could flare up for the first time in 80 years on Halloween "Right now is a great time to go outside and look up at the night sky," Henry Throop, a planetary scientist at NASA, told ...