Along the lunar orbital path, the point of closest proximity is known as perigee, which is when the moon is, on average, ...

Catch some shooting stars, get in a glimpse of the fading Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, and see Venus mingle with Antares in the ...

The ideal day to view the Orionid meteor shower should be Sunday. Its peak activity is expected on Monday morning, according ...

The name Hunter's Moon is derived from Native American, European and colonial sources. Look for it tonight -- and you can see ...

The best comet of the year is starting to fade in brightness, but it’s still an easy naked-eye object in the evening sky.

Anyone who is capable of seeing the moon (or the sun) near the horizon has experienced this effect. The moon looks enormous there, far larger than it does when it’s overhead. I’m an astronomer ...

The company completed a successful test flight of the most powerful rocket ever built. Some residents near the Texas site ...

Moonrise is near 4 p.m. EDT for several days around the full Moon, so you can see the Beaver Moon sailing across the evening sky from anywhere with clear evening weather. To get the best view of ...

An investigation is underway after a body was found along the Montour Trail in Moon Township. Officials were called to the ...

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which first began publishing the names of the full moons in the 1930s, states that the full moon ...

"When the moon is at or near its closest point to Earth at the ... and will cast up to 25 shooting stars per hour in the night sky.