Spica is the 15th brightest star in the sky and the brightest in the Virgo constellation. The star is also known as Alpha Virginis and is situated around 250 light-years from Earth. Spica is not a ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will align in a straight line in the sky. While most of these planets will ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will align in a line in the sky. Although most of these planets will be ...

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

M87 is a galaxy in the constellation Virgo that is visible in the spring in the southern sky. In Greek mythology, Virgo was the daughter of the goddess of the harvest and was taken to the ...

Before sunrise this morning in the eastern sky a 15%-lit waning gibbous Moon ... the bright star of the constellation Virgo. Red supergiant star Arcturus in the constellation Bootes will be ...

Shining as the second-brightest star in its constellation and the 22nd-brightest star in the night sky, Adhara offers a captivating glimpse into the wonders of the cosmos. How to spot Adhara in ...

The names are familiar: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra ... you just want to go out and be under the night sky, the zodiacal constellations offer a “good enough” set of ...