Venus, Jupiter and Mercury headline May's skywatching, with stunning moon pairings and a three-planet display.

Here's how you can spot Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury in the May evening sky.

May’s sky features not one but two full moons as well as the dazzling Eta Aquarids meteor shower. Here’s when to look up for ...

If you have binoculars, you may even spot some of Jupiter’s largest moons as tiny pinpoints beside the planet ...

Every month, WTOP’s Greg Redfern previews the best the sky has to offer stargazers regarding the moon, planets and stars in ...

Tonight is "blue moon Eve" (see the May 31 entry for more details). Late tonight, look toward the southeast to see one of the ...

Sky-gazers will have the opportunity to see six planets in the sky on Saturday, weather permitting, according to NASA. This planetary parade occurs due to the alignment of the planets’ orbits around ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This ...

As the year nears its end, the winter solstice brings the year’s longest nights for those of us who reside in the Northern Hemisphere. And through the season, Mother Nature has seen to it that our ...