The familiar zodiac constellations are defined by Earth’s motion around the sun, but they don’t define your fate ...

December 2024 will see a rare "black moon," a term for the second new moon in a calendar month. The second new moon of ...

The first meteor shower of the year peaks on the night of January 2–3. Here’s everything you need to know to watch it and the ...

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

As the end of the year draws close, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere are being treated to one of the ... The ...

The Big Dipper (Ursa Major or Big Bear in Latin) is the most-recognized constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. The Arctic is the region of the Big Bear and also, coincidentally, the region of ...

Experience the magic of the northern lights! Solar storms are predicted to create colorful auroras in multiple northern U.S.

They are unfortunately a northern meteor shower. In the southern hemisphere ... The apparent origin of the shower is the constellation of Boötes, the plowman. The meteors appear to radiate ...

When it goes nova, T Coronae Borealis will become one of the brightest stars in the night sky. The question is: When will it ...

Mars reaches its much-anticipated opposition with the sun on Jan. 15, when Earth passes between Mars and the sun. Because ...