Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is one of the most spectacular ...

Be on the lookout for October's Full Harvest Moon rising tonight, appearing slightly bigger and brighter than your average full moon.>> Download the WESH 2 appWhy it's also called the Harvest MoonThis ...

Two newly discovered comets are streaking across the sky in a spectacular display as they make their closest approaches to Earth this month. Comets are made of ice, frozen gases and rock, and as they ...

With the gas giants now close to their best, here are the best refractors, Maksutov-Cassegrain and Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes to help you see Saturn’s rings and the cloud bands of Jupiter. When you ...

It was early January 2025 when a faint light spot was observed at the Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. Follow-up observations revealed that the object was a comet visiting from the outer edge of the ...

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) will make a close flyby of Earth on Oct. 21. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...

The Ursid meteor shower, which marks the final celestial event of the year, will peak between Sunday night and early Monday morning. Sky-gazers can expect to see five to 10 meteors per hour between ...