Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the +0.6-magnitude planet is low in the west-northwest and sets during twilight about 1.5 ...

Venus: Venus dazzles in the eastern sky before sunrise, shining brightly for a couple of hours each morning. It’s joined by ...

Bluish-white Regulus in Leo is moving toward the western horizon and sets around 10 p.m. in mid-July, followed a couple of ...

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

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

Even though summertime brings our shortest nights of the year, there are still plenty of fascinating scenes in the night sky over Connecticut over the next few months. Here's a chronological list of ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during July 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

If the weather doesn’t cooperate where you live, there will be plenty to enjoy in August when we get a glimpse of Venus and Jupiter side-by-side, the Sturgeon Moon and the Perseid meteor shower.