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

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

What's happening in the skies over North Texas this month? July holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky.

Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...

The Buck Moon rises on July 10. The full moon of July, also called the Buck Moon, will rise on July 10.

July promises a celestial spectacle. Skywatchers can see star clusters and meteor showers. Planetary sightings, including ...

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

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

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Titan, Saturn's largest moon, casts its shadow across the gas giant in a series of rare shadow transits. This unique ...

Over time, these stars became known as Wolf-Rayet stars (Charles Wolf was a French astronomer, and helium was first detected by the French scientist Georges Rayet and others), and astronomers came to ...