The July full moon is set to rise over Mississippi soon. But it's not the only astronomical event skygazers can look forward to this month. Three meteor showers are happening now. The alpha ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This ...

The Moon is still in its Waxing Gibbous phase, with more than half of its surface now lit up. This means we're getting closer to the Full Moon, which is now less than a week away.

We're now three weeks out from the peak of the Perseids, and based on the timing of the Moon's phases, this is setting up to ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

See the Moon as it looked on July 20, 1969. Plus, check out Comet Tempel 2 as planet Mercury stands still in the sky this ...

This phenomenon, sometimes called a planet parade, offers a rare chance to see multiple planets appear close together. Mars and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye, but a telescope is needed to ...

A Chinese spacecraft has returned the first close-up image of one of Earth’s strangest companions: a tiny, lopsided asteroid that seems to dance beside our planet without truly orbiting it. The probe, ...

For two nights, the moon will host a cosmic party with three planets – Mars, Saturn and Uranus – that will be visible in the ...

The Last Quarter Moon on July 7, 2026 feels like the messy middle phase where you finally see what’s working and what’s falling apart. What makes this one a bit more interesting than usual is that it ...

The final Atlas V rocket carrying a satellite payload launched from Cape Canaveral on July 2. This mission deployed a batch of Amazon Leo broadband satellites into orbit. United Launch Alliance's ...