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

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

The new moon occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.

The two showers share similar names because, when seen in the night sky, they appear to originate ... stars under dark skies, ...

UAE stargazers have been spoiled this year with supermoon events, the Beaver Moon is the final one of 2024 and comes with a ...

Known as one of the top meteor showers of the autumn season because of its bright fireballs, the Leonids started to be ...

Two sister meteor showers are already flashing across night skies — and will peak a week apart. The Southern Taurids will ...

Night sky observers always factor in the moon to determine the best time for astronomy viewing, especially for the two meteor ...

As Houston residents enjoy the cooler temperatures, the full moon in the sky is at its closest point to Earth, creating the third supermoon of the year. Thursday night’s full moon, known as the ...

The third in a sequence of four supermoons is tonight, and it's set to be the biggest and brightest of the lot.