Friday, July 4 Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, standing 26° from our star at 1 A.M. EDT. We’ll ...

July will kick off with colorful flashes of light during Independence Day celebrations across the United States, but the cosmos has a light show of its own in store for stargazers later in the month, ...

Thursday will feature a mostly cloudy sky, with a spot shower is possible in the afternoon (especially south and west). Highs ...

Mark the calendar, June 30 is National Meteor Watch Day, to add to the summer activities while spending time outside to catch ...

Nestled within the rugged terrain of Tonto National Forest lies Butcher Jones Beach, a sandy shoreline sanctuary that remains one of Arizona’s best-kept secrets.

Four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — will come together to form a "celestial ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate. Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient ...

There will be three full moons during the summer. And the sky this season has a number of bright stars that form easily ...

The Eta Aquariid meteor shower, active from April 20 to May 21, peaks on the night of May 5 into the morning of May 6. The shower is linked to Halley’s Comet, and observers can expect around 10 ...

The weekend starts with a mostly sunny sky on Saturday. Highs reach the mid-80s. A complex of showers and thunderstorms will ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Central Wisconsin skywatchers can look forward to a dynamic week of celestial events, from the official ...