August's full moon, the sturgeon moon, will be at its peak Aug. 9. The Perseids meteor shower peaks Aug. 12-13 but the full moon may make them hard to see. One of the easiest planetary nebulas to ...

A nebula is a luminescent giant cloud of dust and gas in space that could be from a supernova or could be a star-forming region. The "dumbbell nebula," also known as Messier 27, is what astronomers ...

A rare black moon will happen tonight Aug. 22-23. A seasonal black moon happens every 33 months. Since a black moon is a new moon, you might be able to spot the Milky Way and the dumbbell nebula. A ...