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

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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.

Main-belt world Bamberga shines at 9th magnitude, an easy catch with a small scope as it moves through Capricornus.

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

Solar and lunar eclipses both occur this month, as Mars and Jupiter meet in the early morning and the Perseid meteor shower peaks.

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

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

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

Shooting stars streak overhead, but they’re fighting the July Full Buck Moon that shines brightly in the sky this week.