Pluto will reach its closest approach to Earth and align opposite the Sun on July 25, appearing slightly brighter (magnitude ...

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 ...

Shiva, the one who wears the crescent moon. Have you ever looked up on a rain-washed night in Sawan and felt the crescent moon almost winking back at you — brighter, softer, somehow closer? Many of us ...

The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...

July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.

The short nights of high summer limit opportunities to view the night sky, but by the last week of July ... unmistakably bright and joined by the waning crescent Moon on the mornings of the 21st and ...

I recently traveled to go stargazing and was amazed at how vivid the night sky was. This inspired me to find ways to view it more often at home. (Due to a smog-infested sky in LA, I cannot see stars.