The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...

Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

It doesn't happen often that Mercury ranks as the planetary highlight of the evening sky, but July is an exception. The solar system's smallest major planet reaches greatest elongation July 4, when it ...

An all-improved, compact star tracker within an affordable price bracket. The iOptron SkyTracker Pro's new and improved polar ...

The Perseid meteor shower kicks off tonight with shooting stars and zooming fireballs. Here's where, when, what time, how to ...

The Perseids meteor shower has begun and will light up night skies until late August. The Perseids meteor shower is just one ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal ...

The second half of July and the early days of August are the perfect time to get outside and look at the night sky.

The meteors are faint, so they won’t be visible if the moon is out. Observers in the Southern Hemisphere and southern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere will have the best odds of a good show.

July's third quarter moon phase occurs at 8:38 EDT (0038 GMT) on July 17. At this moment, skywatchers in the northern ...