Stargazers in the U.S. will find the slender form of the crescent moon roughly 20 degrees above the western horizon right at ...

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

NASA’s orbiter snapped crisp images of where a private spacecraft crashed, revealing telltale marks of disturbed lunar soil.

There’s a reason NASA is sounding the alarm about the Moon’s orbit. Every 18.6 years, a shift occurs that impacts tides ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight.

Here's what the moon is doing today, June 25, 2025. What is today’s moon phase? As of Wednesday, June 25, the moon phase is ...

Tides in Puget Sound will reach one of their lowest heights all year mid-week, so get out there looking for geoducks. Just ...

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

Sometimes the best stargazing happens on ordinary nights. Late June 2025 showcases consistent cosmic rhythms: Venus is ...

Saturn’s moon Titan has always stood out among the celestial bodies in our solar system. It is the only moon with a thick, ...