The Moon passes 0.4° south of the red giant star Antares in Scorpius at 2 P.M. EDT. The two stand high in the southern sky ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

Last week in Starwatch I urged you to look in the low southern skies for one of my favorite constellations, Sagittarius, right next to the bright planet Jupiter, just to the lower right of the ...

Tonight the waxing gibbous Moon will be close to Antares, the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius. Look due south. A red supergiant star 12 times the mass of the Sun, Antares is one of ...

Last week we highlighted the occultation of the bright red star Antares, of Scorpius, the Scorpion. This week, with the bright Moon now vacating our early evening sky, we'll highlight the entire ...

The waxing gibbous moon will shine close to the red star Antares in the constellation Scorpius on the night of June 9. Stargazers in the U.S. will find the moon rising higher over the southeastern ...

If you rise early Friday and have an unobstructed view of the east to northeast, look for the moon low on the horizon around 4:50 a.m. Just to the left (north) of the moon and slightly higher ...

Scorpius raises his head in the southeastern sky on late June nights. Get acquainted with the constellation and its "heart-star" Antares. At nightfall (around 10:30-11 p.m. CDT) in late June, look ...

The Scorpius constellation is one of the 13 zodiac constellations and one of the brightest constellations in the sky. We explore the Scorpion in more detail here.