During July, magnitude 5.8 Uranus can be spotted as a blue-green speck in binoculars and as a small 3.5 arc-seconds-wide disk ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

Summer nights offer lots of interesting sights this month. Mercury and Mars are on show in the evening twilight. Both Uranus ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.