Plus: The August Full Sturgeon Moon shines, the colorful double star Albireo sparkles, and Mercury reappears in the sky this ...

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

Venus reaches its highest altitude above the eastern horizon in 2025 on Aug. 1. Venus will reach its highest altitude in the ...

Ready for a show? A six-planet alignment begins Aug. 10. Here are which planets you can see and how to get the best view.

Naturalists at local parks will have telescopes and offer tips to see the meteors. And 2 planets offer a consolation prize ...

Skies in the South Bend area should be clear during the full moon. Its brightness is a problem, however, for the height of the Perseid meteor shower.

In this edition of WTOP’s monthly space feature, “What’s up in the sky?” Greg Redfern tells you how to see the moon, planets, ...

Colorado’s night skies will be filled with hundreds of shooting stars this month as one of the best meteor showers of the ...

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four ...

A formation known as the "Dumbbell Nebula" – nicknamed because it looks like a dumbbell – should be easy to spot throughout ...

Venus, a dazzling morning "star," rises about an hour prior to the first light ... Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for ...

Why does the week have seven days when it doesn't align with any astronomical cycle? The answer lies in ancient history,far ...