I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

December 2024 will see a rare "black moon," a term for the second new moon in a calendar month. The second new moon of ...

"In 1969, we landed humans on the moon; on Christmas Eve in 2024, we are going to embrace a star," Nour Raouafi, project ...

The star is mentioned twice, and the text implies the first sighting was at the time of Jesus's birth.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun early Tuesday, getting within just 4% of the Earth-sun ...

Part of the Parker Solar Probe’s mission is to investigate why the sun’s atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than the ...

In December 2024, a rare celestial event known as the Black Moon will occur, marking the second new moon in a single month.

During the early morning of Monday 8 September, the full Moon will move into the shadow of Earth and be totally eclipsed. The ...

IRISH stargazers will have the opportunity to spot the “most spectacular sight to the naked eye” during all of January. And ...

In addition to the annual parade of star pictures or constellations passing above our heads each night, there are always ...

The end of the month will see a special kind of new moon, that has been nicknamed a “black moon.” A new moon is one of the ...