Mark your calendars, because with March well underway, now’s the perfect time to look up and see the planet Mars as it takes center stage in the night sky. Whether you're an experienced skywatcher or ...

If you get up with the roosters, you may have recently seen a rare sight in the sky for the Central Virginia area: a sun pillar.

The first two weeks of March provide a great opportunity to sight four bright naked-eye planets in the early evening sky. Low toward the west blazes Venus, which serves as a convenient celestial ...

Planet parades are observable during twilight, so a bright sky does not obscure the view. Seven planets in our solar system — Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mercury and Neptune — will ...