When millions of people turn off their lights for Earth Hour each year, something remarkable happens in the night sky above ...

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Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

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One of the most famous and active celestial events of the year will begin streaking across the Australian night sky from Thursday, but sky watchers may find this year’s display underwhelming with a ...

During the course of a 13-second exposure, the International Space Station makes a trail of light in the sky as the station ...

The Perseid meteor shower will be lighting up the summer night sky beginning in July. But it won't peak until August. Here's ...

Tonight's Full Moon, called the Bucky Moon, rises in the southeast and sets in the southwest, tracing a low path through the ...