On a sunny day, shorter wavelengths (like blue and violet) scatter most effectively due to Rayleigh scattering, which is ...

The Sun reaches its southernmost point, the Ursid meteor shower peaks, and the Christmas Tree Cluster glitters in the sky ...

The two brightest nighttime objects, the moon and the planet Venus put on a lovely display in the western evening sky of ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. So far 2023 has been the year of Venus. Since January, the closest planet to Earth has been getting higher into the post-sunset ...

A Cold Moon hangs in the sky while Jupiter still shines bright and the Geminid meteor shower peaks in the sky this week.

People in Norfolk were treated to a spectacular sunset as the sky turned shades of purple, pink and orange. BBC Weather ...

Venus is getting brighter in the post-sunset western sky, this week passing close to Neptune. It’s an excuse to get eyes on the eighth and post distant planet, though you will need binoculars.

Of course, several months ago, Venus was considerably lower in the western sky, and setting much closer to sunset. But the best is yet to come! Through the rest of December into January ...