If Christmas this year offers a midnight clear, stargazers could catch a view of a gorgeous close pass of the planet Jupiter and the glowing moon.

Greetings everyone and welcome to winter! Thursday was the first day of winter and I love living in a place where that does NOT mean snow and cold weather.

Greetings everyone! This Saturday is winter solstice, the first day of winter and the sun will reach its farthest point south when it sets just to the south of 246 ...

December is the month of the winter solstice, which a large part of mankind associates with such celebrations as Nativity festivals. The moment of the solstice occurred on Dec. 21 at 11:28 a.m ...

According to NASA, it’s been nearly 400 years since the planets passed this close to each other in the sky, and nearly 800 years since the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter occurred at night, as ...

He really did gogh the extra mile. “The Starry Night,” the 1889 hallmark artwork by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, is remarkably congruent to the astronomic principles of our sky, atmospheric ...

``Starry Nights'' at the Roper Mountain Science Center are held on Fridays from January to November. The events include talks and planetarium shows at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and observatory viewings ...

Looking at the night sky can, paradoxically, feel grounding; this is, of course, not to mention that interpreting constellations has been a rich source of navigation and storytelling for thousands ...

Stargazers can catch a conjunction of the moon and planet Jupiter in the night sky on Christmas (Dec. 25). Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Space. Search. ... Starry Night Sky Columnist.

Here are some commonly asked questions about the Christmas night sky: If Christmas this year offers a midnight clear, stargazers could catch a view of a gorgeous close pass of the planet Jupiter ...