Discover the 2025 meteor shower calendar with peak dates and moonlight conditions for optimal skywatching throughout the year ...

Shorter daylight hours and cooler air make it easier to observe cosmic phenomena. In particular, they can be seen already in ...

The Quadrantids, Lyrids – and the always popular Perseids and Geminids – are set to dance across the night sky along with ...

In the North East we are lucky to have just about the darkest skies possible above our head in Northumberland National Park.

According to NASA, the moon travels around Earth in an elliptical orbit, or an elongated circle, with our planet closer to one side of the ellipse. Each month, the moon passes through the point ...

The first meteor shower of the year, the Quadrantids, peaks tonight, Jan. 2, and on Jan. 3 according to NASA. NASA called Quadrantids, which peak in early January annually, "one of the best annual ...

They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting star trips can be done months in advance. Here's ...

With the start of the year, it is a good time for sky watchers to note the most important events in the 2025 astronomical ...

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 ...

Meteors are leftover pieces from broken asteroids and comet particles that spread out in dusty trails orbiting the sun. Each year, Earth passes through the debris trails, and pieces of dust and rock ...

With the arrival of a new year comes plenty of opportunities to witness a bevy of celestial events that will brighten the night sky. Each month, keep an eye out for a gleaming full moon, weather ...