After passing through its New phase last week, the Moon is now a thin waxing crescent some 8 percent lit by sunset this ...

The details vary depending on your location, but out in the western U.S. and Canada the moon will already be among the Pleiades stars soon after the sun has set and the twilight sky darkens.

Another year of skywatching is upon us, and there's a lot to look forward to in 2025!

This image from NASA's Kepler spacecraft shows members of the Pleiades star cluster taken during Campaign 4 of the K2 Mission. The cluster stretches across two of the 42 charge-coupled devices ...

In case anyone missed the January planetary alignment, two more are expected to be seen in the night sky in February, with ...

Go look at The Planets Today : A live view of the solar system and you’ll see that ... it’s high in the sky after sunset. M45, the Pleiades star cluster, in a series of exposures to test ...

After billions-of-miles journey from the distant Oort Cloud—a sphere of comets around our solar system—the giant ... including the Hyades and the Pleiades star clusters: Where to see comet ...

And on Thursday night, Jan. 9, the 10-day old moon will actually pass through the Pleiades. Most North American observers will be able to watch as the moon passes in front of more than a few stars in ...

Here's a rundown of some of the more noteworthy sky events — including multiple meteor showers, occultations of Mars and the Pleiades Star Cluster, a "ringless" Saturn and the first total eclipse of ...