Plan your summer 2026 stargazing with our guide to the total solar eclipse, Perseid meteor shower, and planetary conjunctions ...

An hour after sunset, the bright red star Antares, located in Scorprius, is visible above the southern horizon. This magnitude 1 star is located in a rich region of the sky rife with star clusters, ...

As the summer night sky draws near its close, there are still many cosmic objects that may beckon skywatchers equipped with a small telescope, binoculars or their own two eyes. Here's the top 10. By ...

As the seasons change, so does the night sky. Winter’s favorite constellation, Orion the hunter, has disappeared in the west giving way to a host of new summer constellations, not the least of which ...

It’s still spring, but the June sun is just about tracing its highest arcs across the sky. For all of the northern hemisphere of Earth, we are nearing the summer solstice when the sun reaches its peak ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, the Milky Way is at its best in the summer months. During the winter and spring, the parts of the Milky Way that are visible are subdued, sparse affairs, little more than a ...

Now that we’ve marked the summer solstice, it’s the shorter nights of the year for the Northern Hemisphere that usher in a variety of celestial delights for sky-watchers who don’t mind staying up ...

Backyard astronomers, rejoice. There's a celestial party in the sky this summer, and you won't want to miss the season's dazzling sights, as five planets shine so bright you'll be able to pick them ...