No matter your observing experience or equipment, January 2026 provides many impressive astronomy events to kick off the new ...

The month brings a strong lineup of celestial sights, including a supermoon, meteor activity, and several close moon-planet ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what you’ll need to catch a glimpse.

The 2026 calendar has a few major standouts: a late-night total lunar eclipse, a particularly promising Perseid meteor shower ...

From Jupiter at its brightest to a dazzling Saturn-Moon-Neptune alignment, here’s what to watch in the night sky in January ...

If you’ve been seeing an unusually bright ‘star’ in the sky recently, it’s actually Jupiter, which will shine at its ...

The coming year is packed with cosmic events, from a ‘ring of fire’ eclipse to two six-planet line-ups to several supermoons.

In late April 2026, a long-period comet will swing through the inner solar system. It will likely be visible with binoculars, ...

Planetary alignments, a total lunar eclipse, and meteor showers are highlights to look for in the coming year.

Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025, by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile and was quickly confirmed to be just the third interstellar visitor to our solar system, after ...

Watching the aurora borealis (in the Northern Hemisphere) or aurora australis (in the Southern Hemisphere) is unforgettable.

Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) is already being talked about as the sky spectacle to watch in 2026, with some wondering if it might rise to the rare status of a “great comet.” The object is on track to ...