I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

The Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest known of the annual showers, peaks this year with only some small interference ...

April brings a cosmic spectacle as the Lyrids and Eta Aquarids meteor showers overlap, alongside planetary alignments, a ...

The commercial astronauts onboard SpaceX’s Fram2 mission are flying closer to Earth’s poles than anyone has before, offering ...

A different kind of nightlife awaits when you road-trip out for some celestial splendor. See the best places for stargazing ...

By nightfall at the start of April each year, there is a huge collection of bright stars in the western half of the sky. It includes seven stars of first magnitude or brighter, nearly half the ...

The constellations Taurus, Orion, Canis Major, and Gemini grab attention this month, while Mars, Jupiter, and Venus dominate ...

In 2025, the moon will pass very close to the Pleiades on every orbit, giving astrophotographers plenty of practice getting a ...

A partial solar eclipse on Saturday will make it look as if the moon has taken a bite out of the sun over parts of North ...

If that’s too long to wait, two total lunar eclipses are also coming, one in September and another next March. Unlike total ...

On Saturday, March 29, 2025, the first solar eclipse of the year will rise over North America and Europe, offering ...