Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

Located 1,600 metres above sea-level on the peak of a mountain in Chile is an observatory that houses the world’s largest digital camera ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you should be looking up.

On July 4, Mercury will reach its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, making it visible from Earth. While not as bright ...

Briefly visible to those in the Northern Hemisphere in early-to-mid April, C/2025 F2 (SWAN) got closest to the sun on 1 May and promises to shine at 5th-magnitude low in the western sky after sunset.

Hey sky-gazers and cosmic curious! Get ready to mark your calendars because June 2025 is shaping up to be an absolutely stellar month for anyone who loves to look up. Forget binge-watching TV ...

On December 4, Venus—which is the brightest natural object in the night sky after the moon—will be accompanied by a slim crescent moon. "Venus is hard to miss in the southwest after sunset ...

We call last night’s sunset sky a “chaotic sky.” You probably didn’t know that. You just stared at a “sky that was on point” as Andrea Martin put it in our Michigan Weather Facebook group.

What a month for staring at the night sky. Last week the northern lights weaved ribbons of green and red through the dark. This past weekend, and again Monday evening, a comet that last passed by ...

Just after sunset from March 1 to March 7, you’ll see Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury dot the sky in an arc from the south to western skies, with the moon bouncing among them. Uranus will also ...

“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning” is real science. Here’s how dust, atmospheric pressure and light scattering can help you predict the weather.

Comet C/2023 A3 Tschinshan-ATLAS will be at its closest point to Earth, 44 million miles, on Saturday, and should be visible to the naked eye in the western sky just after sunset.