I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Nearby will be the Bull's brightest star, orange Aldebaran, fairly conspicuous in its own right, yet still shining only a ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

Venus: Venus dazzles in the eastern sky before sunrise, shining brightly for a couple of hours each morning. It’s joined by ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

There's something neat that happens when the full moon is closer to the horizon, and we call it the "moon illusion." ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

Avid sky watchers may also have a chance to see multiple planets and a constellation later this month. Here's what to know.

The Royal Observatory Greenwich says the Perseid meteor shower is one of the "most dramatic" things to see in the summer's ...

July is an excellent month for astrophotographers. The clear summer skies and warm nights help, but what will excite night sky-watchers are its three meteor showers, striking lunar conjunctions and ...