SUNSET: 
Sweet Prospects for Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6)
A promising comet could reach naked-eye brightness next month. Here's how to track it.
Meet 2025 PN7, Earth’s New Quasi-moon
Just discovered, it’s been orbiting the Sun alongside Earth for decades, and will continue to do so for decades more
September Podcast: Hello, Saturn!
September’s night sky features the iconic Summer Triangle, almost directly overhead at nightfall, and a newcomer to the evening sky: the planet Saturn, which will rise in the east not long after sunset. Get tips for viewing these and lots more stargazing info by downloading this month’s Sky Tour podcast!
Jupiter-bound Probe Flies By Venus
The European spacecraft en route to Jupiter, named JUICE, completed its only flyby of the planet Venus
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 29 – September 7
Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury continue at dawn. The evening Moon meets Saturn while Fomalhaut looks on. Saturn's own biggest moon casts its shadow onto the planet, for one of the last times for 15 years.
Sky & Telescope Announces Subscription Access to Website
On September 2nd, Sky & Telescope is launching subscription access to our online articles. Subscribe to get full digital access to the website and magazine!
Fast Radio Burst's Neighborhood Revealed
Astronomers have pinpointed the location of an one-time fast radio burst to a spiral arm of a nearby galaxy.
Baby Planet Clears Gap in Young Protoplanetary Disk
With the Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers have spotted a planet forming around a star 430 light-years away.
Weird X-ray Flashes Lose Some of Their Mystery
Some fast X-ray transients — quick flashes of energetic radiation — may come from massive stars collapsing and exploding at the same time.
60-Second Astro News: Light Pollution, Birds, and Zambuto Mirrors
In this roundup of recent news, birds react to light pollution and a respected mirror maker calls it a day.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 22 – 31
The Kite of Boötes tips. The Great Square of Pegasus balances en pointe. Cassiopeia climbs. And Saturn muscles up in the east.
JWST Discovers New Moon of Uranus
Astronomers have spotted a new small moon for Uranus in images from earlier this year.
The Serpentine Apep Nebula, Imaged by the Webb Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope shows intriguing new details in the Apep Nebula, created by the colliding winds of two dying stars.
The Mystery of Leslie Peltier's "Two Tiny Diamonds"
How a determined amateur astronomer may have hit on the identity of a Cepheid variable double star described by a beloved author.
Distant Little Red Dot Hosts a Huge (and Growing) Black Hole
A "little red dot" galaxy from when the universe was roughly half a billion years old shows signs of the most distant black hole known.
Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Might Have Weird “Space Rainbows”
Scouring old data from NASA’s Cassini mission revealed puzzling atmospheric stripes that could help probe Saturn’s icy moon.
No Evidence for Atmosphere on Trappist-1d
New James Webb Space Telescope observations of the third world in the seven-planet TRAPPIST-1 system rule out a variety of atmospheres.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 15 – 24
Saturn glows through the evening near the Andromegasus Dipper. Venus and Jupiter, drawing apart, still light the dawn dramatically. The Moon joins them.
A Fast Radio Burst from the Early Universe
Astronomers at the South African MeerKAT observatory have discovered the most distant flash of radio waves to date, most likely stemming from activity around a magnetar.
Moon or Not, the Perseid Meteor Shower Is On!
Sure, the Moon will be a problem. But clouds are worse. Don't miss one of the best meteor showers of the year.
