SkyCaramba

Mars continues riding into the sunset.

The moon passes by Saturn.

Venus approaches the lion.

The Daytime Sextantid meteor shower peaks.

See a star when the sun is up.

Mars keeps getting harder to see. Saturn gives a lonely star a little company. Jupiter and Uranus hang out between Cetus and Aries. Venus sparkles in the morning. Mercury at its greatest viewing. Neptune up all night.

A quick guide to figure out when you can see the moon.

Mars passes by Porrima. Saturn continues a nearly all-night show. Jupiter and Uranus rise early. Venus gleems in the morning with the moon. Maybe see Mercury.

A somewhat recently named constellation is a lizard. A couple observers tried to name the stars for different kings.

Mercury goes through conjunction this week. Mars continues heading out of the evening sky. Saturn still looks good after opposition. Jupiter and Uranus await you in the morning. Venus is looking good too.

Some scientists want to know more about Uranus and propose a mission.

And people in most of the Americas will get a solar eclipse next month. Start getting ready now.

Try to find Venus in the morning. Mars is still an evening object. Saturn's up all night. Technology keeps giving us better ways to understand the ringed planet, how it formed, and what that may mean about how the solar system formed.

Venus moves into the morning.

Jupiter and Uranus rise in late evening.

Saturn's almost at opposition.

Mercury and Mars barely grace the evening sky.

And the moon passes in front of the reddish star Antares in an event reminiscent of the moon-Mars occultation in December.

Leo dives into the sunset. Mercury and Mars finish their pairing nearby. Saturn continues approaching opposition. Jupiter rises earlier. And Venus transitions to morning.

The moon will soon occult Antares.

Two galaxies--one of them the one we live in--will merge in a few billion years. What will we call the new amalgamation? Will people even be around to call it anything?

A lonely star in the southern sky is orbited by rings of dust.

Different planets axes point at different north and south celestial poles. Find out where the north and south stars are on bodies other than Earth.

Venus heads toward inferior conjunction.

Mercury and Mars tickle Leo's belly.

Saturn rises earlier heading toward opposition.

The Perseid meteor shower will peak soon.

Two meteor showers peak early this week. Evening planet watching's getting hard. Saturn's approaching opposition. And what's with that face on Mars?

Two meteor showers peak at the end of this month. And it's not too early to start looking for one shower that peaks next month.

Three planets gang up on the lion.

Saturn rises in late evening on its way to opposition next month.

Jupiter and Uranus remain near the sea monster.