A rare August morning alignment brings Mercury, a thin crescent moon and the Beehive Cluster together in the predawn sky.

As of Monday, Aug. 18, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is 25% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon ...

A spectacular “planet parade” (also called an alignment) featuring six planets is visible during August. Here’s when and ...

The waning Moon passes Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury before dawn, while Titan’s shadow transits Saturn in the sky this week.

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month. It’s what’s known as a planetary parade and it’s the last one of the year.

The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning. People in the Northern Hemisphere will ...

On Monday, August 11, the moon is in its Waning Gibbous phase, meaning it’s past its peak brightness after the recent full ...

Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of Sirius Black who is Harry Potter’s godfather.

This coming week is going to offer some beautiful sights in the night sky. On Monday evening, a waning gibbous moon rises ...

The full moons each have a name, a tradition that comes from early cultures using the lunar cycle to track time and seasonal changes. August's full moon is known as the Sturgeon Moon, according to ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another ...

Plus: The August Full Sturgeon Moon shines, the colorful double star Albireo sparkles, and Mercury reappears in the sky this ...