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 ...

July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.

The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...

The short nights of high summer limit opportunities to view the night sky, but by the last week ... the south east and lower down in the east is Venus, unmistakably bright and joined by the waning ...

Skywatchers are in for a breathtaking treat on Sunday, June 29, as the Moon and Mars come into an unusually close conjunction ...

Meanwhile, Venus and Saturn — both beaming in the morning sky — welcome Jupiter into the fold. The gas giant makes its first appearance at mid-month in Gemini, low in the northeast about an hour ...

The bright morning star Venus crosses from Aries into Taurus, closing in on Uranus for a conjunction later this week.

Stargazing in July hopefully promises warm nights in Wyoming. The highlight of July evenings is the prominent band of the Milky Way arcing across the dark skies. Along the Milky Way, you’ll spot the ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will find the slender form of the crescent moon roughly 20 degrees above the western horizon right at ...

There's something deliciously dramatic about the moon's monthly disappearing act. One moment it's dominating our night sky ... of someone hunting for the last parking spot at a Black Friday sale. Our ...

Skywatchers around the world have the perfect opportunity this weekend to witness a dazzling celestial show featuring the ...

The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young moon will make a close pass to the planet.