The second half of July and the early days of August are the perfect time to get outside and look at the night sky.

While thinking of space as one big rubbish tip isn’t nice, one perk of all this cosmic filth is meteor showers, which light ...

Perseid meteor shower will be most visible in the Northern Hemisphere from July 17 to August 24, with peak activity on August 12-13. Although the meteor shower can be seen all over the night sky, ...

The path of totality will carve an arc of darkness across the surface of our planet – at the height of the August tourist ...

Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

It doesn't happen often that Mercury ranks as the planetary highlight of the evening sky, but July is an exception. The solar ...

The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor galaxy by a telescope in Chile is so detailed that it's already serving as a star-packed map. Scientists used ... million light-years ...

Researchers stitched together hundreds of images from the Very Large Telescope to form a breathtaking photo of a nearby ...

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

Expectations and temperatures run high in August. From far-flung Ecuadorian escapes to island-hopping in Scotland, here are some of the destinations worthy of your attention this summer.

Kansas City rainfall: See how much rain fell across the metro, including Northland and Wyandotte County, with detailed 24-hour storm data.

Want to see shooting stars this summer? Discover when, where and how to catch July's meteor showers — plus expert tips on the ...