With major eclipses, brilliant supermoons, and lineups of five or more planets, 2026 offers something awe-inspiring in every season. Here’s what to watch for.
On November 17, the Leonid meteor shower is forecast for the early morning, with its radiant in Leo rising to over 50° by 4 A.M. local time, offering observations of fast-moving, bright meteors with ...
At 4:00 AM EDT, a conjunction occurs with Venus (magnitude -4.0) passing 0.9° south of Jupiter (magnitude -1.9) in the constellation Gemini, easily visible to the unaided eye approximately 7° above ...
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 20: Visit the Pleiades Today is a busy day! Mercury passes 2° south of Mars at 2 A.M. EDT - we'll observe the pair ...
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 15: Check out Comet Lemmon The waning Moon has moved into Leo and stands close to Regulus, the Lion's bright heart, ...
No matter how many times I write about No Man’s Sky, it still feels like it’s not a real game. I know that’s preposterous (it’s been very real since 2016), but the way in which it adds ridiculously ...
Two new scientific papers may help unlock the mysteries of lights in the sky by looking at sky survey plates from the 1940s and 50s, an era before man-made objects were in orbit. NBC News' Gadi ...