Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...

July 2025 promises a cosmic spectacle with star clusters, meteor showers, and rare planetary sightings, including the elusive ...

Don’t miss Spica shine with the waxing gibbous moon tonight The brightest star in the night sky shows off this spring: How to see a scintillating Sirius See the moon shine with famous red star ...

Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous (59%) Early on the morning of July 4, use Venus and the Pleiades to guide your view to distant Uranus, visible with binoculars. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly. Friday, July 4 ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

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

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

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

Solar System Planets. Astronomy articles on the eight planets, plus the two dwarf planets, Pluto and Eris. Great pictures of everything in the solar system. Updated daily.

The exoplanet, a planet beyond our solar system, has been dubbed TWA 7b after NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured ...

The James Webb telescope has captured some seriously cool direct images of a planet beyond our solar system. This is the ...