Getting an affordable smart telescope, like the Dwarf Mini or Seestar S30, is easier and more rewarding than I thought.

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The Perseid meteor shower begins on July 17 alongside two others, making "shooting stars" likely any night this month and ...

The 2026 Perseid meteor shower is active from tonight and peaks alongside a dramatic total solar eclipse on Aug. 12-13.

As July brings a series of spectacular planetary conjunctions and meteor showers, we test whether the pocket-sized Dwarflab ...

Get your eyes on the seventh planet, and you can graduate as a skywatcher — and there's a perfect way to cheat this week as Mars glides by Uranus.

For decades, Venus remained hidden beneath an impenetrable layer of clouds, concealing one of the greatest mysteries in the Solar System. When Soviet spacecraft finally reached the surface, they ...

On Wednesday, June 17, skywatchers across the United States (and most of Canada) are in for a treat with a rare daytime lunar occultation of Venus. Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto/Getty Look up, because ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The moon passes directly in front of Venus during a rare daylight occultation on June 17, 2026, creating one of the month's most ...

The moon will briefly hide Venus during a rare daytime occultation on June 17, visible from parts of North America. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Got binoculars? A telescope? If you do, haul them out Wednesday afternoon to observe the three-day-old waxing crescent moon occult — block D.C.’s view — of Venus during daylight hours. Viewing the ...

Artemis II made history in April when the Orion spacecraft flew behind the moon. Now there's another major "behind the moon" moment coming, but this event involves a member of our Solar System and not ...