There's plenty to peak the interest of astronomy ― and astrology ― enthusiasts this month. Amid zooming fireballs in the night sky from the three active meteor showers, including Perseid, and the new ...

The planet Mercury sits 3.5° to the left of a two-day-old crescent Moon in the evening sky tonight. At magnitude 0.1, Mercury is still bring and nearly 6° high in the west an hour after sunset. It’s ...

The 6%-lit waxing crescent moon will be visible roughly 5 degrees above the horizon as the sun sets on Oct. 23, with Mercury ...

Skywatchers across North America will want to be on the lookout for a trio of celestial events during the next month, beginning with an opportunity to view Mercury in the evening sky, followed by the ...

During the final week of June and continuing into the first week of July, we'll have a fair chance at sighting Mercury, the innermost planet to the sun. Many people have never noticed that Mercury ...

July will be a busy month in the cosmos. The month will kick off with Mercury at its greatest eastern elongation, followed by the Buck Moon, and will conclude with the Delta Aquariid meteor shower.

The next full moon will be the August sturgeon moon, set to rise on Aug. 9, amid the Mercury retrograde and just before the popular Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. Peak illumination marks the ...

Amid zooming fireballs in the sky from the three active meteor showers, including Perseid, and the new moon rising in Leo on July 24th, there is more to watch; Mercury is in retrograde right now. Here ...