The Perseid meteor shower, caused by debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, peaks tonight, August 12, offering up to 100 meteors per hour. This year's peak takes place a few days after August's full moon, so ...

This star chart shows the constellation Perseus, visible in the northeast on fall nights nights. The Double Cluster is ...

The best news for stargazers in November is that nights are much longer and you can start your stargazing well before 7 p.m.

The warm summer nights are an invitation for you to enjoy what’s considered the best meteor shower of the year – the Perseids. It’s one of the most popular celestial events among skywatchers, but if ...

Being that it's Halloween this coming Friday, I thought it only appropriate to tell you about my favorite monsters of the ...

ROCHESTER, AND IN BERLIN FOR TONIGHT. FAIR SKIES. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO FALL BACK INTO THE 50S. AND HERE’S GOOD NEWS WITH THE CLEAR SKIES OUT THERE FOR TONIGHT. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW ONE OF ...

Midway up in the northeastern sky after dark at this time of year lies the constellation of Cassiopeia. Seeing an ancient Ethiopian queen there will challenge your imagination, but finding five stars ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant, 500-light-year-wide cavity between two star-forming regions in the constellations Perseus and Taurus. An ancient supernova could be the culprit.