A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet ...

Throughout January, four planets will line up in the night sky and be simultaneously visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere. Our celestial neighbours Venus and Mars as well as big ...

During January 2025, a large planetary conjunction involving four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will be visible ...

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

Happy New Year and happy perihelion day! Earth is closest to the sun today at just 91,406,000 miles (1.55 million miles ...

The line that these planets are on is called the ecliptic, which represents the plane of the solar system in which the ...

From the northern lights ringing in the New Year to a spectacular meteor shower, January is shaping up to be an exciting ...

The Quadrantids, which NASA considers "one of the best" annual meteor showers, is active from Dec. 28 through Jan. 16, 2025 ...

T Coronae Borealis will brighten 1,000 times in 2025 to become visible to the naked eye for the first time since 1946.

Usually, the best time to see a meteor shower is a clear sky, no moon or cloud cover and between midnight and sunrise. The ...

The first quarter moon on January 6. The waxing gibbous moon passes just north of Jupiter in the northeast. The big action is ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks in early January, offering dazzling fireballs and up to 120 meteors per hour.