Mercury sits a few degrees due south of Pollux in Gemini early this morning, while Mars lies higher up along the ecliptic.

Saturn’s two-toned moon Iapetus passes through superior conjunction, sitting just south of the ringed world this morning.

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Tonight we’re focused on Jupiter, as two of its Galilean moons cross the planet’ disk this evening. East Coast observers can zoom in on the gas giant shortly after sunset to see Io alone to the planet ...

Rising shortly after sunset, July’s Full Moon, called the Buck Moon, dominates the sky tonight with its bright light.

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The waning Moon steps up to form a triangle in the early-morning sky with two distant planets: Saturn and Neptune.

Mercury reaches its greatest western elongation, Iapetus passes close to Saturn, and the Moon occults the Pleiades in the sky ...

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The Alpha Capricornid and the Southern Delta Aquariid meteor showers peak overnight, but the bright Moon will run ...

This rich grouping of young suns shines brightly in Aquila the Eagle, ripe for observing just after sunset and before ...