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

Trundling along the ecliptic plane in Virgo, our satellite hangs near the bright star Spica in the evening sky.

A rare cloud phenomenon has been spotted and photographed by eagle-eyed reader Adrian Webster. He spotted these noctilucent ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it moves away from Earth.

Whether a science-fiction fable with a relevant message about society or a morality play with a devious twist, The Twilight ...

When it comes to the classic The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling and company never shied away from telling moral stories that ...

Summer’s brightest stars appear, echoing these Earth-bound lights, beginning around 9:20 p.m. through mid-month.

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

At sunset (5:17 p.m. on July 11) Mercury is 20 degrees high in the west; by about 6 p.m. it is about 13 degrees high and will be just visible against the twilight sky.