The June Bootids usually produce just a handful of meteors, but this notoriously unpredictable shower has a history of surprise outbursts.
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Short nights and bright stars make the midsummer night sky surprisingly beginner-friendly.
The Fujinon Techno-Stabi TS-L 1640 image-stabilized binoculars are the best for steady stargazing at high magnification. Walmart is selling them for their cheapest ever price but it could jump up at any moment.
The Lagoon Nebula is best spotted in the months surrounding August in the Northern Hemisphere.
The moon will briefly hide Venus during a rare daytime occultation on June 17, visible from parts of North America.
The fireball traveled 300 miles in a matter of seconds before disintegrating in spectacular fashion.
The fireball traveled 300 miles in a matter of seconds before disintegrating in spectacular fashion.
The crescent moon will shine alongside Jupiter, Venus and Mercury as it passes through the Beehive open star cluster on June 17.
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Mercury will appear farthest from the sun in its current evening apparition on June 15.
The nights surrounding the new moon on June 14 are the perfect time to hunt for planets and sparkling constellations in the late spring sky.
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