Each summer, skywatchers around the world look forward to the famous Perseid meteor shower, but often overlook four lesser ...

The first of our showers is the Delta Aquarids, with a broad three-day maximum running from July 29 through 31.

Perseid meteor shower is starting soon and will be visible in the night sky across the country for the next month ...

Sunday sees the start of summer’s meteor season in the Northern Hemisphere, with the with start of two overlapping showers— ...

Triangle is a formation of stellar bodies called an asterism, made up of the bright stars Vega, Deneb and Altair.

Spot the Broken Engagement Ring asterism near Merak in Ursa Major, easily viewed with binoculars or a low-power telescope.

An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of our ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a spectacular image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) shining close to the dark shape of the Seahorse Nebula.