Read news from the world of astronomy for the week of July 4, 2025.
This week in the world of astronomy, see dual naked-eye novae and multiple International Space Station passes this weekend. Plus, check out the images of the exploding fireball that rained space rocks down on Georgia last week.
If you have a dark enough sky after all the fireworks, the Milky Way now forms a magnificent arch high across the whole eastern sky after nightfall is complete.
Mars and Regulus continue drawing apart as they sink low in the western twilight this week. A line from Mars through Regulus points down to fading Mercury.
Explore the universe day and night at the Snow King Observatory in the heart of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It's the only observatory and planetarium accessed via gondola in North America!