Joe Rao

Comet ISON is edging closer and closer to its brush with the sun, but it's behavior is perplexing skywatchers, with the comet not brightening as much as expected.

Cosmic litter from Halley's Comet is set to pepper the night sky in a meteor shower before dawn this weekend and early next week.

Neptune is much too faint to be seen with the unaided eye, but right now you can see the blue planet shine just by using binoculars.

Standing high in the northern part of the sky this week at around 11 p.m. local time is a spire-like figure of five stars pointing northward.

This Thursday's full moon carries the title of "Harvest Moon" for those living in the Northern Hemisphere. But what gives the special moon its name?

There are two crown constellations shining in the sky now: Corona Australis, the Southern Crown, and Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown.

Stargazers can spot a fire-breathing dragon in the early evening sky this week. Draco — the celestial dragon — is a large, albeit dim, constellation.