With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...

The night sky is about to deliver a rapid-fire series of spectacles, giving stargazers three reasons to look up over just ...

First, let’s start with the good news. As with August stargazing any year, there’s still plenty of summer and great summer ...

Peaking in mid-August ( Aug. 12 ), NASA considers this “the best meteor shower of the year,” noting, “With swift and bright ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

It’s hard to beat a summer night beneath the stars, especially in August, when the shimmery Milky Way core is at its ...

A brightening Moon limits deep-sky options, but this cluster never fails to disappoint: M13, the great globular in Hercules the Strongman.

The ever-shifting phases of Earth's moon present a wealth of targets for amateur astronomers to explore, ranging from ...

August 19: Mercury will be at its best for viewing, east before sunrise. It’s tiny and easy to miss, so try using a ...

The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars ...

The Southern delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks the night of July 30 into the early morning hours of July 31. These faint ...

August’s full moon, known as the Sturgeon Moon, rises on Saturday night, glowing low in the southeast shortly after sunset.