On Saturday 1 February, some of our BBC Weather Watchers reported these sightings of the crescent Moon and Venus close ...

By Betty Liedtke I did something last week that I haven’t done in a long, long time. I set my alarm for midnight, and when it went off I got up, bundled up, and slipped out the back door. I ...

Oxford's twinkling night sky is drawing in the visitors since ... do you have any activities at the observatory','' Oxford Dark Sky president Raul Elias-Drago said. ''There is plenty of interest. We ...

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

Jupier and Mars are all now visible to the naked eye in the post-sunset night sky. Look south anytime after dark, and you'll see the red planet Mars just a couple of degrees from bright star ...

The best planetary alignment of the year is underway, with Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars stretching across the night sky. Winter can be the most challenging time of the year for ...

Stargazers will be hoping to see six planets from our solar system lined up in the night sky tonight ... Further south, it will be mostly cloudy with 'moderate to poor viewing', the Met Office ...