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Night sky photograph taken through out-of-focus tree branches, which appear as blurred yellow-green shapes in the foreground. Several faint stars are visible in the deep blue sky, with one noticeably brighter point of light near the center of the frame.

Sky This Week, The Sky This Week

The Sky This Week from July 3 to 10: Mars and Uranus meet

Tall graphic showing a dark, jagged mountain range at the bottom under a bright, star-filled night sky. A wide, colorful band of the Milky Way stretches diagonally across the frame in blues, purples, and pinks against deep blue-black space. In front, two people appear in silhouette—one bent to look through a large telescope on a tripod, the other standing and holding up a phone toward the sky.

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A telescope image of the Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380), showing swirling clouds of red and pink emission nebula surrounding a bright central cluster of young stars. Blue-gray reflection nebulosity mingles with the red hydrogen gas, and the surrounding star field is rich with colorful foreground stars against a dark background.

The Sky Today on Thursday, July 2: The King’s wizard

Photograph showing the close conjunction of bright Venus with the star Regulus in Leo at dawn on October 3, 2020.

July 2026: What’s in the sky this month? Venus and Jupiter are visible in the evening, plus a conjunction of Mars and Uranus before dawn

July 2026: What’s in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month?

A simulated evening sky looking west on July 1, 2026, one hour after sunset. Venus blazes brilliantly near the center of the frame, with the blue-white star Regulus visible to its upper left. The silhouettes of trees line the horizon beneath a deep blue twilight sky fading to orange near the ground.

The Sky Today on Wednesday, July 1: Venus in Leo

A simulated telescopic star chart showing Neptune's position in the constellation Pisces on June 30, 2026. Neptune is labeled in blue near the center of the field, close to a small grouping of stars. The bright star 44 Psc is labeled in the upper left, and a 1-degree scale bar appears at the bottom right. A north-east orientation arrow is shown in the upper left corner.

The Sky Today on Tuesday, June 30: Find distant Neptune

A detailed telescope photograph of a full Moon against a black background. The lunar surface is sharply rendered, showing the contrast between the bright highland regions and the darker maria, along with numerous craters and bright ray systems extending across the disk.

The Sky Today on Monday, June 29: June’s Strawberry Moon shines

A simulated evening sky looking west on June 28, 2026, 30 minutes after sunset. Venus shines brightly in the upper left against the warm orange twilight sky. Jupiter glows near the center of the frame, with Mercury faintly visible below it closer to the horizon. The Gemini stars Pollux and Castor appear to the right.

The Sky Today on Sunday, June 28: Mercury stands still

A simulated predawn sky looking east on June 27, 2026, 90 minutes before sunrise. Mars glows as a bright orange-red point just below and to the right of the Pleiades star cluster, which sparkles with its distinctive grouping of blue-white stars. Uranus is labeled as a faint dot below Mars, and the sky fades from deep blue to a subtle twilight glow near the horizon.

The Sky Today on Saturday, June 27: Mars meets the Pleiades

Planetarium simulation of the western sky on June 26, 2026, 45 minutes after sunset. Venus shines brightly at upper left, with Jupiter, Mercury, and the twin stars Castor and Pollux visible lower on the horizon in the warm twilight glow.

The Sky Today on Friday, June 26: Mercury closes in on Jupiter

A photograph of a full Moon glowing warm orange just above the rugged ridgeline of a rocky, tree-dotted mountain slope. The Moon's surface details are visible through its amber hue, and it is surrounded by a soft golden glow against a deep blue twilight sky.

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The Sky This Week from June 26 to July 3: A sweet June Strawberry Moon