Mercury hovers above the horizon near a four-percent-illuminated Moon, whose darkened face may be lit by earthshine.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory was conceived nearly 30 years ago, and now we are finally seeing the first images captured by ...

This Thursday we’ll have our first full moon of astronomical summer over Pottsville, although for practical purposes the moon ...

Here’s what to look for in the July night sky. The globular cluster Messier 22 (M22) reaches its highest point in the sky ...

Stargazers can spot Mercury next to a crescent moon on June 26-27. Look west-northwest 45 minutes post-sunset for this rare ...

A close conjunction of the moon and Mars will be June's celestial highlight. Stormtracker 16 Meteorologist Jeremy Lewan has the details in this week's Skywatch 16 ...

Four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — will come together to form a "celestial ...

Join Joy for this essential Sky Watch episode covering the stunning celestial events continuing through June 23-26, 2025, ...

NASA released a nicely produced documentary about the James Webb Space Telescope called "Cosmic Dawn: the Untold Story of the ...

Photograph by Diana Robinson Photography, Getty Images. ... the planet will be just 2°28’—or the distance of about 2.5 pinky fingers at arm’s length—away from the waning crescent moon.