Jupiter will soon be the closest it's been to Earth since 1963! The next time it's this close will be in the next century.

Mercury exits the evening sky and moves to the morning. Venus slowly leaves the morning. Mars marches eastward. And the equinox.

Mercury begins its retreat from the evening sky. Venus also heads sunward. Mars moves by the Hyades V.

And how do I take it when people ask me astrology questions?

Learn about the Great Square of Pegasus and some star names that maybe don't make horse sense.

Mercury maintains evening status. Saturn goes through opposition. Jupiter stands strong for most of the night. Mars meets the Pleiades and Hyades. Venus sinks sunward.

Two legendary birds, a swan and an eagle, fly alongside the Milky Way stream and are easily seen on August evenings.

Some people knew before scientists did that meteor showers are somewhat regular events. Meteor streaks seen in August have been described for centuries as the tears of a Christian martyr burned alive in Rome more than 1,700 years ago. However, astronomers didn't pay much mind to meteors until less than two centuries ago.

What's left of the morning planetary lineup is spreading out as Saturn crosses into the evening sky one way and Mercury has already arrived there from the other.

Mercury's moving into the evening sky. The other planets are still merry in the morning. And in case you wondered about eclipses seemingly occurring at regular intervals, you're right.

Mercury went through superior conjunction recently. Now it's emerging in the evening sky.

A lover's crown goes over our heads on July evenings. The old stories tell of a woman hurt by a lover who left her and a god who wanted to be her rebound.

Not a lot of astronomy guides use it, but some astronomers like the galactic coordinate system.

And try to see some Delta Aquariid meteors.

A well reputed newspaper published a scathing editorial putting down the founder of rocket science for his idea that a rocket can be controlled in space and even made to land on the moon. The paper said anybody with a high school education should know better. The newspaper eventually published a retraction, but not before people were actually on their way to the moon.

The moon moves through the evening sky this week, while most of the planets are still visible in the morning. Over the next few weeks, you can see Saturn's shadow move from one side of its rings to the other. And there's a way to describe just how non-circular an object's orbit is.