Radar astronomy was born. Next up was Venus, a planet shrouded in mystery owing to the featureless dense clouds that surrounded the planet. With space probes to the planet in the pipeline ...

Saturn can be spotted almost directly below Venus, but the ringed planet will become increasingly harder to see as the month goes on and it sinks lower in the sky each day after sunset.

Pennsylvania stargazers are in for a treat this month, besides the snow moon, the planet Venus will shine at its brightest for the year after sunset, according to NASA. Then Mars and Jupiter will ...

On Friday night, the planet was visible to the naked eye in areas with clear skies and minimal light pollution. Scientists from the University of Cambridge have concluded that Venus likely never ...

This month, beside the snow moon, the planet Venus will shine at its brightest for the year after sunset, according to NASA. Then Mars and Jupiter will rule the nighttime skyline, with a pop-in ...

Starting with the Moon’s journey across the sky this month, you’ll find the slim crescent of Earth’s natural satellite cozied up to the planet Venus on the 1st. It then visits the Pleiades on the 5th, ...

As puzzlers know full well, the humble jigsaw puzzle is a thing of beauty in multiple ways. Not only are jigsaws an absorbing time sink, but multiple studies have demonstrated they are good for ...

“First thing I do, is I usually do the edge pieces,” Linda explains as she puts in place the first few pieces of her latest jigsaw puzzle. “I'll do a 1,000-piece puzzle in a day,” Linda say ...

Venus, Earth's sister planet, will steal the show — it's shining at magnitude -4.5 to Saturn's +1.1. The contrast will get even more intense this month. Today, it's the first quarter moon ...

The moon will rise in the east-northeast around 5.07pm UK time. As the brightest planet, Venus outshines all other celestial objects (other than the Moon and Sun). This month, she has chosen a ...

On Saturday 1 February, some of our BBC Weather Watchers reported these sightings of the crescent Moon and Venus close together ... viewing conditions were ideal for planet spotting.