Between 2009 and 2013, a space telescope stared at a single patch of sky and monitored the brightness of more than a hundred thousand stars, looking for the tiny, regular…
In the autumn of 2017, astronomers spotted something that had never been seen before: an object passing through our solar system that had come from another star. Everything we had…
On the night of August 15, 1977, a radio telescope in Ohio was doing what it did every night: silently scanning the sky, listening for radio signals from the depths…
On the evening of Wednesday, July 29, 2026, step outside after sunset, look toward the southeast, and you'll see July's full moon climbing into the sky: the Buck Moon. Like…
A full moon is the easiest and most reliable spectacle in all of skywatching — no equipment, no dark sky, no special timing required — and July's Buck Moon, the…
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Some months on the calendar are quiet. August 2026 is not one of them. For anyone who looks up — and for travelers willing to plan around the sky…