The new moon on Aug. 23 at 2:06 a.m. EDT (0606 UTC) is also a black moon, defined as the third new moon in a season that will see four new moons. Three days later, the moon will make a close pass to ...

Rise and shine early in the morning to watch Jupiter and Venus appear close to together in a conjunction on Aug. 12. You don't need a telescope to view this astronomy event. 28,170 people played the ...

This dependable meteor shower comes from Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle and produces about 25 meteors per hour. Under dark skies, between 50 and 100 meteors per hour are visible, according to NASA. A dark ...

Since I’m a meteorologist, not an astronomer, some of the night sky happenings aren’t always at the tip of my knowledge base. This morning, when I got up and looked east, I noticed Venus brilliantly ...

The two brightest planets will be very close together for the next three mornings (11-13th) and at their closest on the 12th, separated by less than 1-degree. Set your alarm and don’t miss the sight — ...

The abundant Venus-Jupiter conjunction on August 12, 2025, will affect each zodiac sign all week. The two planets will meet in a magical transit this week during the Waning Gibbous lunar phase. The ...

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If you set your alarm clock for 4 a.m. local time this week and head outside to a location with a clear and unobstructed view of the eastern horizon, you'll be able to catch sight of the two brightest ...

A planetary conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – sometimes more – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Both Venus and Jupiter are making ...

A trio of celestial events could dazzle across the sky in August, starting with the Full Sturgeon Moon, followed by the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, and then the peak of the annual Perseid meteor ...