Summer nights offer lots of interesting sights this month. Mercury and Mars are on show in the evening twilight. Both Uranus ...

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

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

Earth reaches aphelion, its farthest point from the sun, at 2:54 p.m. on July 3. At that moment we’ll be 94.5 million miles from our parent star.

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

The moon New moon of April 2025 sees Venus and Saturn join up in the sky this weekend. ... Stargazing Catch Jupiter and Mercury side by side in the evening sky this week.