A new observatory is coming on-line, and in its own way, is going to have an impact similar to what we are seeing with the James Webb Space Telescope. This ...

July's full moon -- known as the Buck Moon or the Thunder Moon -- will light up the night sky on July 10 and be at its ...

Tasked to look at Earth, Japan's Himawari-8 and -9 meteorological satellites have been successfully repurposed to observe changes in Venus' cloud-top ...

Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...

The VRO is a project jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of ...

Three new full-dome movies will highlight the July schedule at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium.

Japan’s Himawari weather satellites, designed to watch Earth, have quietly delivered a decade of infrared snapshots of Venus.

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

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

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

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...