This time of year, Aileen O'Donoghue cheers and pumps her fists as the sun sets earlier and earlier. "I just love these early evenings! The dark reveals other things to us!" said O'Donoghue, ...

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars shine together after sunset in early March, with Mercury at its best of 2026.

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Astronomers are often asked how the casual observer can distinguish planets from bright stars in the night sky. It is commonly thought, and with a certain degree of justification, that stars twinkle, ...

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I absolutely love stargazing in January. It’s worth bundling up for. Pottsville nights are long with some of the brightest constellations of the year. This January though is really something: Jupiter, ...

June is finally here, ushering in a new summer stargazing season and some sweet celestial events. This month, Northern Hemisphere skywatchers will be treated to bright, beautiful planets, the full ...