Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The “Evening Star” and the “Red Planet”—the planets of love ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Each Monday I pick out the northern hemisphere’s celestial ...

Sky enthusiasts are in luck this week as the brightest planet in the night skies gets a little extra shine as it moves further away from the Sun. Venus will be at its greatest eastern elongation on ...

Tonight (June 11), just 38 hours after the moon rendezvoused with the sun to produce the "ring of fire" solar eclipse, our rocky satellite will pair off with the second brightest object in the night ...