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Summer in the Northern Hemisphere began on June 21 as the summer solstice 2023 occurred at 10:57 a.m. EDT (1457 GMT), marking the longest day of the year.

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere began on June 21 as the summer solstice 2023 occurred at 10:57 a.m. EDT (1457 GMT), marking the longest day of the year.

If nothing else, you walk away from the experience with a new-found respect for those humans who lived many thousands of years ago. They really were very

The nearly half-illuminated moon rises tonight (Sept. 2) in the southwestern sky near the row of small white stars that form the scorpion’s claws. Here’s how to see it.

Mercury and the young crescent moon will appear close together in the lower part of the western night sky tonight (Aug. 29). Viewers can spot the duo just after sunset using binoculars.

Uranus will enter retrograde on Wednesday (Aug. 24) and appear to reverse its eastward movement across the night sky until January 22.

Jupiter is starting to rise around midnight, and will even meet up with the moon on Tuesday (July 19).

The moon commences its monthly tour of the planets by calling in on Saturn on Friday night. The duo will be close enough to share the view with a pair of binoculars.

Julys full moon known as the Buck Moon will rise tonight (July 13) above the eastern horizon. It will be the biggest supermoon of the year.

See the moon and Antares team up in the evening sky on Sunday (July 10). The duo will be close enough to see together through binoculars.