This bright, easy-to-find open cluster of young stars looks to some like a flock of birds flying through the sky.

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

A fiery meteor shower, known for sending shooting stars darting through the sky, is expected to peak Monday night. • Video ...

Sky Utopia is an MMORPG where players can choose between different races and adventure through the fictional world, battle ...

With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...

This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10 but will be best viewed later in the month. Here’s everything ...

Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets in our solar system, are about to make their closest approach during their August conjunction.

The Perseids meteor shower is active through Aug. 23 but its peak nights are Tuesday, Aug. 12 and Wednesday, Aug. 13. Under the right conditions – and the moon may play a role in what we can see this ...

First, let’s start with the good news. As with August stargazing any year, there’s still plenty of summer and great summer ...

Saturday, Aug. 9. August’s moon is best known as the Sturgeon Moon, but Indigenous peoples also call it the Black Cherry Moon ...

This month, the full moon peaked just before 4 a.m. ET on Saturday morning, Aug. 9. But Americans have been treated to a ...