Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

The globular cluster Messier 22 (M22) reaches its highest point in the sky around midnight local time, specifically for ...

V462 Lupi will soon vanish from the night sky, but before it does, the dark skies around the new moon present a perfect time ...

The Starlink satellite train is usually visible shortly after the satellites have been deployed when they are at their lowest orbit. Starlink satellites travel very fast and complete one orbit of ...

Starting in July, the free outdoor movie series will bring families together for three evenings of fun, food, and film under ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has ...

Over time, these stars became known as Wolf-Rayet stars (Charles Wolf was a French astronomer, and helium was first detected by the French scientist Georges Rayet and others), and astronomers came to ...

June 25's new moon darkens the night sky for summer’s best stargazing — including the Summer Triangle and Milky Way.

Oregon is well-known as a destination for stargazers. The state has an array of designated Dark Sky places, where amateur ...

Pluto will reach its closest approach to Earth and align opposite the Sun on July 25, appearing slightly brighter (magnitude ...