The evening star

Everything you think you know about the “Morning Star” and the “Evening Star” is wrong.

It’s Venus month. Earth’s ‘sister’ planet is at its dazzling best this Mat—here’s when and where to see it before it's too late.

The poems of Edgar Allan Poe; (1900) Illustrated by William Heath Robinson (source)

These stunning photos - taken by the talented photographers in our own EarthSky community - are from earlier this month, when the moon was less bright in the evening sky. See the Milky Way - the edgewise view into our own galaxy - plus Jupiter, Saturn and meteors here!

There's a bright "star" shining in the east after dark. It's Jupiter, which is now approaching it's biggest, brightest and best for 13 months as its comes to opposition.

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Planetary Reunion Photograph courtesy Luc Perrot Venus (right) and Jupiter appear to meet in the sky over the French island of Réunion in a recently released picture of this month's planetary conjunction. Also called the evening star, Venus is the brightest planet we can see with the naked eye, due in part to its thick, highly reflective atmosphere and its closeness to Earth.

Jupiter and Saturn made history on Dec. 21, 2020!

Catching a glimpse of Comet NEOWISE as it streaks across the evening sky this July can be...

Evening Star candlesticks chart formation occurs at the top of uptrends and is typically interpreted as a bearish sign. Opposite is the Morning Star candlestick pattern. More at Commodity.com

A new study of historical, astronomical, and biblical records suggests the event in 6 BC was actually a rare planetary alignment, during which the sun, Jupiter, the moon, and Saturn all lay in Aries.

In space, being outshone is an occupational hazard. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a galaxy named NGC 7250. Despite being remarkable in its own right — it has bright bursts of star formation and recorded supernova explosions— it blends into the background somewhat thanks to the gloriously bright star hogging the limelight next to it. The bright object seen in this Hubble image is a single and little-studied star named TYC 3203-450-1, located in the constellation of…