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

Venus continues to dazzle the night sky as an “Evening Star" ...

A brilliant “star” blazing after sunset isn’t a star at all — it’s Venus, now the Evening Star and heading toward its ...

Mars will pass 0.8° north of Regulus at midnight EDT, and both are visible for several hours after sunset for evening observers to enjoy. In the post-sunset sky, look west to find the two standing ...

The sky tells us a lot about what’s going to happen in weather. Last night’s sunset had a few strong hints as the chaotic sky developed. Sorry, I’m going to ...

Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will appear strung across the sky shortly after sunset Saturday, but how much of this planetary alignment will actually be visible? That depends on ...