North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead, which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere. This week sees a full Buck Moon rise.
Here’s how to avoid counterfeit and unsafe eclipse glasses and ensure you buy safe products for Aug’ 12’s partial and total solar eclipse in Europe and North America.
The “Map of Nope” meme highlights a crucial distinction about total solar eclipses: unless you are in the path of totality, you will not experience totality.
A total solar eclipse will be followed by the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 12-13, creating one of 2026’s most spectacular astronomy events.
After several years of record-breaking short days, Earth’s spell of unusually rapid rotation may have peaked, with the shortest day of 2026 set to occur on July 26.
Everything you need to know about July’s full moon, including when it turns full, the best evening to see it rise and how it sets the stage for a total solar eclipse.
With the total solar eclipse taking place so close to sunset on Aug. 12, eclipse chasers in the path in Spain could find their view blocked by mountains and buildings.
On July 22, 2028, a spectacular total solar eclipse will unfold above one of the world’s most famous skylines, plunging Sydney, Australia, into darkness during the day.
Europe’s total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 will see totality in Spain and Iceland and a deep partial eclipse in the rest of the continent, as Perseid meteors peak.
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).