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

V enus will reach its highest altitude in the morning sky on Aug. 1 while shining close to Jupiter in the 'hand' of the ...

August’s full moon is the Sturgeon Moon, a name taken from the ancient fish that was once plentiful in the lakes and rivers ...

Known as one of the top meteor showers of the year because of its many bright shooting stars, the Perseid shower started ...

Zooming fireballs will blaze across the sky in double meteor showers - Delta Aquariids, Alpha Capricornids peak tonight.

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, may not be alone. And its potential companion may be responsible for ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

While the two meteor showers might not stand out as the most spectacular of the season on their own, their combined peak ...

Meteor showers like the Perseids often gradually increase in intensity and then peak, before rapidly falling off. In other ...

Less than two weeks later, on June 25, reports began to circulate of a second nova blossoming in the southern night sky, this ...

The alpha Capricornids, southern Delta Aquariids and Perseids meteor showers are currently active over Michigan skies. How to view them this summer.