The final night of 2025 is the perfect time to watch the moon close to the Pleiades, find the brightest star in the night sky ...

Sirius, also called the Dog Star, is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. Shining more brilliantly than any other star visible from Earth (excluding our sun, of course), Sirius is outshone only by ...

On Christmas night, Jupiter will be one of the brightest objects in the sky — and a  stand-in for the mythical “Christmas ...

Antarctica's patterns of stark seasonal changes, with months of darkness followed by a summer of 24-hour daylight, prompted us to explore how a Māori lunar and environmental calendar (Maramataka) ...

A planetary conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – sometimes more – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Both Venus and Jupiter are making ...

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is currently a 5th-magnitude object, with predictions for it to brighten by two to six times, potentially allowing naked-eye observation from dark sites. Its closest approach ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...