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

On Saturday 1 February, some of our BBC Weather Watchers reported these sightings of the crescent Moon and Venus close ...

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a seven-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

February is when Venus — named after the Roman goddess of love — shines her brightest. Here's how to spot it and the full ...

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

In terms of visibility, the full moon is easy to spot. It is, after all, the brightest object in the night sky. The only caveat would be on overcast nights, where clouds obscure the view of the moon.

A moon dog occurs at night in the winter when the moon is full, or near full, casting light through high clouds.

The first full moon of 2025 - known as the Wolf Moon - will brighten the night sky alongside Mars on Monday ... However, this also means a fair amount of cloud is expected for many parts of ...