Bet You Can’t Spot the Elusive ‘Christmas Asteroid’
Photo: Vadim Sadovski (Shutterstock) The European Space Agency has a challenge for you: Spot asteroid 2015 RN35. They’re calling it the “Christmas Asteroid,” and it’s in view of much of…
A Bunch of Cool Shit Is Happening in Space in August
Photo: sNike (Shutterstock) There’s a lot going on in the night sky this month. I’m talking planets, meteors, asteroids, a supermoon, probably space aliens—it’s getting wild up there. Here are…
When to See a Bunch of Planets Line Up in the Sky This Month
Graphic: nikiteev_konstantin (Shutterstock) Did you think Venus and Jupiter appearing to line up in the sky earlier this year was cool? Sure, that conjunction was fine, but this month, five…
When to See the Full Strawberry Supermoon in June
Photo: Ivan Morato photography (Shutterstock) I don’t know about you, but I’ve barely recovered from May’s spectacular lunar eclipse, only to learn that June’s sky will feature a full supermoon.…
When to Watch the Tau Herculid Meteor Shower
Photo: sripfoto (Shutterstock) Meteors aren’t rare: There are space particles falling toward Earth constantly, and if you look closely for long enough on any given evening, you’re likely to see…
When to See the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peak
Photo: Geermy (Shutterstock) The heavens are providing us earthlings with a bountiful array of interesting things to see in the sky this month. The total lunar eclipse and planetary alignments…
When to See the Venus-Jupiter Conjunction This Weekend
Photo: Renata Barbarino (Shutterstock) Something cool is happening this weekend: Venus and Jupiter will look really close in the sky, almost appearing to touch each other, even though they’re millions…
How to Find and Report Asteroids Because Your Life Is Boring Otherwise
Photo: AstroStar (Shutterstock) Along with puzzles, knitting, and baking banana bread, backyard astronomy was something a lot of people got into at the beginning of the pandemic. Two years later,…
The Difference Between a ‘Morning Star’ and ‘Evening Star’ (Because It’s Not What You Think)”
Photo: Dreamframer (Shutterstock) If you’ve ever heard anyone mention the morning star(s) and the evening star(s) and didn’t know what they meant, here’s what’s really going on up there in…
When to See the ‘Worm Moon’ at Peak Brilliance
Photo: Charles T. Peden (Shutterstock) Moon fans and casual lunar observers: If everything goes according to plan, the full moon in March will rise on Friday, March 18. Known as…