The best time to watch a meteor shower is in the early predawn hours when the moon is low in the sky. Competing sources of ...

Steve Block of Warsaw took this photo of August’s full moon, known as the “Sturgeon Moon,” on Saturday morning, Aug. 9.

This week, skygazers have two celestial events to be excited about, with a Jupiter-Venus planetary conjunction and the Perseid meteor shower peak.

The Perseids are peaking tonight and Tuesday with mostly clear skies on tap. But will haze and a somewhat full moon play ...