This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10 but will be best viewed later in the month. Here’s everything you need to know to see it at its best.

This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10, but will be best viewed later in the month. Here's everything you need to know to see it at its best.

Through binoculars, you’ll see a soft, glowing orb, but a telescope with at least a 6-inch aperture will begin to reveal its core of over 100,000 stars, all crammed into a space just a few dozen ...

The waxing crescent moon will appear on the left shoulder of Mars in the hours following sunset on July 28 — close enough for both to fit easily in the view of a pair of 10x50 binoculars.