The highlights of the winter sky are the dazzling constellations that surround the well-known figure of Orion. Nine of the 25 brightest stars in the sky are in the same field of view as the Hunter, ...

This holiday season, the night sky turns into a stage for a weeklong celestial performance. The evenings around Christmas 2025 will be filled with planetary alignments, moon phases, and even the ...

A 14%-illuminated waxing crescent moon will hang low in the southwest tonight, soon after sunset, still in Capricorn, with ...

The hours following sunset on Dec. 25 offer a wealth of naked-eye astronomy targets that can put even the most glitzy Christmas lights to shame, especially when viewed from a dark sky location.

I don’t know anyone who isn’t stunned by the brilliance of the winter night sky. At this time of year, the stars seem to sparkle more than at any other, ...

The so-called January “wolf moon” — the first of 12 full moons that will appear in 2024 — will be lighting up the winter sky this week. The January moon officially turns full at 12:54 p.m. Eastern ...

On Sunday, December 21, the Sun will reach its lowest point in the sky for the northern hemisphere. This marks the date of the Winter Solstice, which is the first day of astronomical winter and the ...

Since it has the fewest hours of sunlight compared to the rest of the year, the Winter Solstice is considered the “shortest ...

Get ready to explore some celestial wonderlands. I’ve selected three regions of sky, all 3° across and roughly centered on a naked-eye star. While many such regions in the sky exist, these three in ...

With a fresh coating of snow on the ground in New Jersey and more snow on the way this week, the timing is setting up perfectly for the February “snow moon.” The so-called snow moon of 2025 will be ...

Nature's celestial light show is here as Earth passes through space debris, offering stunning meteor showers. The Geminids ...