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

Any clear night this month is the perfect time to pull out those binoculars or your telescope to observe the Orion Nebula. The nebula is, to the naked eye, the middle star in the “Sword” of Orion.

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Plus, the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of Dec. 13-14, and the winter solstice arrives Dec. 21 at 10:03 a.m.

On Dec. 17, the moon and Mars will appear close together in the night sky in the Gemini constellation.

Fresh from a spectacular “blood moon” total lunar eclipse and its full “corn moon” phase on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025 (see the best photos), a nearly full moon will share the evening night sky with Saturn ...

Astronomers are often asked how the casual observer can distinguish planets from bright stars in the night sky. It is commonly thought, and with a certain degree of justification, that stars twinkle, ...

The arrival of daylight saving time on Sunday means that there will be a delay in seeing the stars shine at night. On Saturday, people are advised to set their clocks an hour ahead, as daylight saving ...

We’ve been many months without a bright planet in the night sky, but that’s all about to change! On the night of Sunday, Sept. 21, the ringed planet Saturn officially returns to the evening sky, and ...

Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset. Mercury will reach its greatest eastern elongation on Oct. 29, marking one of the best evenings to see the ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Not just South Mississippi but the whole Solar System is in Mardi Gras spirit! Tuesday, February 25 through Friday, February 28, all seven planets may be visible in the evening ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during December 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.