If you're an avid cat person and also into astronomy, then you're in for a treat, as UAE astronomy officials just spotted the ...

There will be plenty to look for in the night sky throughout August, with all of the month's big events taking place just ...

Vesta is passing an 8th-magnitude field star, offering a great opportunity to see the space rock’s motion on the sky over just a few nights.

Stacy Park, 20 minutes away from St. Louis, is an Urban Dark Sky Place. It is small with an easy less than one mile hike which is perfect to see the stars and a full moon.

Our August full moon guide tells you everything you need to know about the Sturgeon Moon, including where and when to see it.

There's so much more to Andromeda than its eponymous galaxy. Here's a list of other targets to observe in the Princess.

A bright moon will make it hard to see the Perseid meteor shower in mid-August, but one night this week offers a decent ...

Sky-gazers may get a good chance to see fireballs streak across the night sky this week. Two meteor showers — the Alpha ...

Ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around ...

With summer beginning to wane and the fall semester approaching, the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium is moving into high gear with 26 different events during August.

The next full moon will be the August sturgeon moon, set to rise on Aug. 9, amid the Mercury retrograde and just before the ...

This splash of paint on the canvas of space is the planetary nebula NGC 6072, the dying embers of a ruined star that has reached the end of its sun-like life. Cocooned inside the nebula, within its ...