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

What is though to be a giant meteor has been spotted over the west of Scotland.

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

The Thunder Moon or Buck Moon, as it’s called, the first full moon of the astronomical summer, will occur Thursday. On July ...

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

The Thunder Moon is also known as the Buck Moon, as Buck antlers rapidly grow during this time of year and can easily be seen ...

Venus: Venus dazzles in the eastern sky before sunrise, shining brightly for a couple of hours each morning. It’s joined by ...

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

Fireworks are lighting the skies up and down the East Coast this Independence Day. In Washington, D.C., President Trump and ...

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 ...

Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you ...

The month of July 2025 is filled with several enjoyable celestial events. The range of events includes the first meteor ...