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Saturday, Aug. 9. August’s moon is best known as the Sturgeon Moon, but Indigenous peoples also call it the Black Cherry Moon ...
With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...
A cosmic formation known as the 'dumbbell nebula' will be visible from Earth in August. Will you need a telescope to see it?
It’s hard to beat a summer night beneath the stars, especially in August, when the shimmery Milky Way core is at its ...
First, let’s start with the good news. As with August stargazing any year, there’s still plenty of summer and great summer ...
The solar system’s most distant planet sits 1.1° due north of Saturn, placing them together in a single telescopic field of view all night.
There's plenty to see in the night sky in August 2025, ranging from planetary conjunctions to spotting the Dumbbell Nebula.
Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our solar system, should be widely visible for much of August in the northern hemisphere.
Idaho stargazers can spot two meteor showers, a full moon and more in the sky in August. While the Perseids blaze their ...
August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.