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

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

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

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

On its way to the moon, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has taken its first space pictures as it orbits Earth.

Venus is particularly bright in the night sky this month, outshining even Sirius, the brightest star. For observers at ...

A crescent moon will be part of a planetary parade featuring six planets after sunset on Feb. 3: Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and Saturn.

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

The Sultanate Council of Sokoto has directed the Muslim community to observe the crescent of Sha’aban 1446 AH on Wednesday, January 29, corresponding to the 29th day of Rajab 1446 AH in the Islamic ...

The next full moon, known as the snow moon, will rise in mid-February. Stargazers can see it illuminate the skies in the ...

We are now about a month away from Ramadan and experts have urged all countries to rely on verified sightings to keep the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved ...