Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Was it Venus, Jupiter or Mars? Or a combination of the three ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers looking east a couple of hours after dark this ...

A trifecta of stargazing events could be visible in space in the coming days. In addition to the crescent moon and the possibility of more displays of the Northern lights, Venus, the brightest ...

This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree. Known as NGC 2264, this distant star-forming region sits about 2,700 light ...