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Jupiter will be in conjunction with Mars on March 20, 2020, at 2:21 a.m. EDT (0621 GMT). The crescent moon and Saturn will be visible nearby.

You can see Jupiter and Mars snuggle up in the predawn sky Friday. Here's how.

By Hanneke Weitering

Early Friday morning (March 20), Jupiter and Mars will make a close approach, and you can catch them together with Saturn and the crescent moon.

Watch live today! Slooh webcasts live astronomy lesson for K-12 students

By Space.com Staff

Slooh astronomers will livestream a free, 1-hour astronomy lesson for K-12 students on Thursday (March 19) at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT). Here's how to watch it.

Slooh will livestream astronomy lesson for K-12 students during coronavirus outbreak

By Samantha Mathewson

Slooh astronomers will livestream a free astronomy lesson on Thursday (March 19) for K-12 students who are homebound during the coronavirus pandemic.

This image is a composition of 33 Leonid meteors captured overnight from Nov. 18 to 19, 2001.

How to see the best meteor showers of 2020

By Doris Elin Urrutia

This year's best meteor shower might be the Geminids in December, but if you don't want to skywatch in the cold, the summertime Perseids will also put on a show.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990 and has been a crucial scientific instrument. Robust funding of future space telescopes could help humanity settle the final frontier.

Space-based astronomy is our future (op-ed)

By Dale Skran

Robust funding of space telescopes can help humanity settle the final frontier.

A view of the exhibit floor at the Northeast Astronomy Forum in 2019.

Northeast Astronomy Forum 2020 goes virtual for coronavirus countermeasure

By Elizabeth Howell

The Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF), which normally brings thousands of people to New York every year, will switch to a virtual-only meeting in April due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Super Wolf Moon is seen as it rises behind the clouds above the U.S. Capitol, on March 9, 2020, in Washington.

See the 2020 Super Worm Moon over NYC and Washington, D.C. in these awesome photos

By Elizabeth Howell

Photographers celebrated the first "supermoon" of the year by capturing some breathtaking images of the bigger-than-usual full moon over the U.S. Capitol and New York City.

The Spring Diamond as seen on March 10, 2020, from New York City.

See the Spring Diamond shine in the night sky

By Joe Rao

It's a coincidence of the night sky that each season has a characteristic geometric pattern.

In about 5,000 years, Betelgeuse is going to run straight into a line of dust (left).

Weird, dimming star Betelgeuse may have a dusty explanation

By Chelsea Gohd

A bright, red star that started dimming dramatically in 2019 isn't about to explode, as some scientists initially thought — it's just really dusty, a new study shows.

A full-dome, time-lapse image captured with a circular fisheye lens features a northern lights show above the cliffs of Seljalandsfoss, Iceland.

Green auroras dance over Iceland in awesome fisheye video

By Miguel Claro

they are already here by sarah scoles

'They Are Already Here' starts with a total solar eclipse and a UFO. (Book Excerpt)

By Sarah Scoles

Read an excerpt from the new book "They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers" by Sarah Scoles.

The full moon of March, called the Worm Moon, will occur on Wednesday, March 20, at 9:43 p.m. EDT (0143 GMT on March 21), just under four hours after the vernal equinox.

March Full Moon 2020: Catch the 'Worm Moon' and the first supermoon of the year on Monday

By Jesse Emspak

The full moon of March, called the Worm Moon, occurs March 9 at 1:48 p.m. EDT (1748 GMT). It will be the first "supermoon" of 2020.

"The Sky Atlas" by Edward Brooke-Hitching.

Star maps through the ages: A Q&A with the author of 'The Sky Atlas'

By Meghan Bartels

Sure, humans have looked to the stars for millennia, but it's still difficult to step into the shoes of all those people.

See Mars form a line with Jupiter and Saturn in the predawn sky in March 2020. The asterism known as the "teapot" will be to their right.

See Mars with Jupiter and Saturn in the dawn sky in March

By Joe Rao

This is a good week to check out progress of the planet Mars as it continues toward an unusually close approach to the Earth in early fall.

Venus and the moon will make a close approach in the evening sky on Feb. 27, 2020. The pair will be in conjunction, meaning they will be at the same celestial longitude, at 6:51 a.m. EST (1151 GMT). For skywatchers in the U.S., Venus and the moon will be below the horizon at the time of conjunction, but they will become visible in the evening as dusk fades.

How to see Venus shining with the moon tonight

By Joe Rao

Tonight (Feb. 27), as darkness is falling, be sure to look toward the west-southwest sky to spot another beautiful celestial tableau formed by a lovely crescent moon and the brilliant planet Venus.

Canis Major and Canis Minor are visible in the south-southwest after sunset.

How to spot Canis Major, the big dog of winter

By Joe Rao

The constellation of Canis Major is visible in the winter sky this month.

A cityscape view captured from the highest point of Lisbon shows a single shot of the first full moon and penumbral lunar eclipse of the year, rising against the anti-twilight arch above the capital of Portugal, on Jan. 10, 2020. The Tagus River is visible in the background.

Full moon and the 'Belt of Venus' glow over Lisbon during 1st eclipse of 2020 (photo)

By Miguel Claro

A cityscape view captured from the highest point of Lisbon shows the first full moon of the year, rising above the capital of Portugal on Jan. 10, with the Tagus River visible in the background.

A night scene captured at the end of summer season from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal shows a galactic arc above a dead tree, featuring both parts of the summer and winter Milky Way.

Milky Way's seasonal transition captured in gorgeous night sky photo

By Miguel Claro

A starry night scene captured at the end of summer from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal shows the Milky Way's galactic arc shimmering above a dead tree in Noudar Park.

Alexander Krivenyshev of WorldTimeZone.com captured this shot of the crescent moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and the red star Antares arcing over the Big Apple on Feb. 20, 2020.

See the moon, 3 planets and red star Antares arc over NYC (photos)

By Mike Wall

You can catch the sky show, too, if you're willing to rise before the sun.

Mars emerges from the moon's dark limb in this photo taken at the end of the occultation on Feb. 18, 2020. Astrophotographer Victor Rogus captured this view from Sedona, Arizona.

Watch Mars 'sneak' behind the crescent moon in these amazing views (video)

By Hanneke Weitering

The Red Planet briefly disappeared behind the moon for skywatchers in North America on Tuesday (Feb. 18), providing a rare celestial treat for early risers and astrophotographers.