A brief but powerful burst of shooting stars will usher in the new year, offering skywatchers a narrow window to catch one of ...

Although the Ursids are active from Dec. 13 through Dec. 26, the peak night coincides with the winter solstice, which occurs at 10:03 a.m. EST on Dec. 21. Though the two events are totally unrelated, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When is the Geminid meteor shower? The most prolific and ...

Stargazers rejoice! Dec. 4 marks the start of the annual Geminid meteor shower, as Earth passes through the trail of debris shed by the strange blue asteroid 3200 Phaethon, triggering what promises to ...

Make a wish — shooting stars will be visible from Long Island this week. The Orionids will light up the night sky on Oct. 21 and 22, creating a dazzling display of astronomical proportions. Here’s ...

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon on Oct. 11, 2025, as imaged by Gianluca Masi at The Virtual Telescope Project (www.virtualtelescope.eu). The Northern Hemisphere’s night skies this October are building toward ...

December nights are the longest — and often some of the coldest — of the year. While some may dread December’s darkness, Colorado astronomy guide Mark Laurin — who is better known as Astro Mark — said ...

Ursids can be seen only in the Northern Hemisphere. Europeans, North Americans, and some parts of Asia will have the best ...