The Perseids are known for being especially swift and bright, and in a good year viewers can expect to spot between 50 and ...

Here’s a look at what’s going on above us right now and later in the month. The expression “dog days” refers to the period ...

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

Avi Loeb, the chair of the astronomy department at Harvard, has suggested that 31/Atlas could be an alien probe on a “reconnaissance mission”.

Every August, humanity has a rendezvous with the cosmos. It is an ancient tradition, almost a rite of summer, to go out under the cover of night and wait for a "shooting star". The highest peak of the ...

Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of Sirius Black who is Harry Potter’s godfather.

Venus and Jupiter will meet in a conjunction in the early morning hours of Aug. 12. Here's everything you need to know to ...

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

This coming week is going to offer some beautiful sights in the night sky. On Monday evening, a waning gibbous moon rises ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Central Wisconsin’s night sky will dazzle in the week ahead, offering everything from a brilliant Full ...

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