Partial solar eclipse: How and where to see it in Europe this weekend
The Moon will take a bite out of the Sun on Saturday and will be visible around the Northern Hemisphere, including across Europe. Here’s what to know. ADVERTISEMENT Another week, another celestial event to marvel at. This weekend, the Moon will appear to take a chunk out of the Sun during a partial eclipse. The […]
How to See the Total Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon This Month
Astronomy lovers in America will be treated to a great show in this month. In the early morning of March 14, a total lunar eclipse will be visible. During this phenomenon, the moon won’t disappear from view but will appear deep red as if it were covered in blood. During a lunar eclipse, Earth blocks […]
How to Watch the Spectacular Quadrantids Meteor Shower Tonight
The Orionids typically yield about 20 to 25 meteors per hour during their peak and are known for being particularly bright—many of the Orionids are fireball meteors. Like the Eta Aquariids, the Orionids are also debris left behind by Halley’s Comet. The Orionids appear to radiate from the constellation Orion, which rises around 11 pm […]
How to catch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday, it will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky. A waning crescent moon means good visibility under clear and dark conditions. Most meteor showers are named for the constellations where they appear to originate from in the night sky. But […]
How to Find the Ten Brightest Stars in the Night Sky
Carlyn Kranking Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation Beginning to familiarize yourself with the night sky can feel daunting—with so many pinpricks of light above, parsing the constellations or identifying individual stars can be a lofty task. One starting point is to learn to find the brightest ones. In a rural sky dense with stars, the […]
How to View the ‘Comet of the Century’ C/2023 A3
This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish. C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan–ATLAS and considered “the comet of the century,” will appear in all its splendor in our sky during September and October 2024. Due to its characteristics, astronomers believe it will be exceptionally bright, similar to Halley’s […]
Starlink tests show how to save radio astronomy from satellites
A radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia J. Seymour/Green Bank Observatory Radio telescopes observing the cosmos face growing challenges because of electromagnetic interference from thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit. Now, experiments involving SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have shown how to virtually eliminate one form of this problem. As these kind […]
How to See the Conjunction Between Mars, Jupiter, and the Moon
This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish. August has delivered many spectacular sights in the night sky: a supermoon, meteor showers, and supercharged auroras. Mars and Jupiter also currently appear unusually close together in the night sky, in what’s known as a conjunction. They appeared closest during the […]
Missed the Auroras in May? Here’s How to See Them Next Time
Carlyn Kranking Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation After an evening of trick-or-treating in Maplewood, Minnesota, on October 31, 2003, 4-year-old Vincent Ledvina and his family were heading home for the night. Suddenly, he noticed the sky was lit up in ethereal colors that were like nothing he had ever seen before. To Ledvina, as a […]
How to best see the 2024 Eta Aquariid meteor shower around Australia
In short: The Eta Aquariids meteor shower will peak on May 6, with early morning the best time to see them With just a sliver of moon visible, the sky will be darker, which will make it easier to see up to 21 meteors an hour The meteor shower is one of two caused by the […]