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

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 2025 Buck Moon rises on July 10, in the southeast from about 10pm in the UK. July's full Moon is called the 'Buck Moon' ...

A dramatic cosmic event, a rare dwarf nova that suddenly brightened by a factor of 2,500, has been discovered with the help ...

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

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

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

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

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

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

The globular cluster Messier 22 (M22) reaches its highest point in the sky around midnight local time, specifically for observers south of 46° N latitude, since M22’s position favors the Southern ...

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 ...