No matter your observing experience or equipment, January 2026 provides many impressive astronomy events to kick off the new ...

TOKYO -- A celestial visitor, comet Lemmon, is gracing Earth's night sky. Despite its name, suggesting a yellow lemon floating in the sky, it has no actual connection to the fruit. Discovered in ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS streaks across the sky with a blue plasma tail, photographed from June Lake, California, on December 14, 2025. Dan Bartlett One of only three known interstellar objects ...

On Saturday night, Jan. 24, the curved terminator on the moon will fall just to the upper left (or lunar west) of a large, ...

24P/Schaumasse will make its closest pass of the sun on Jan. 8, according to In-the-sky, when it will pass 109.7 million ...

Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) is already being talked about as the sky spectacle to watch in 2026, with some wondering if it might rise to the rare status of a “great comet.” The object is on track to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Have you seen the comets yet? Comets Lemmon (C/2025 A6) and ...

Conditions are near-perfect to spot this celestial visitor, which won't appear again in our night sky for another millennium. Reading time 2 minutes This year is a boom time for comets. Not only did ...

Did you see what looked like a fireball in Northern Kentucky the evening of Monday, Oct. 20? Members of a Boone County Facebook group shared images of what appeared to be a streak of fire falling in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) will ...

There has been a lot of talk about the brightening of Comet Lemmon and I have had a lot of viewer questions about how people can view it. Since there were a lot of questions, I thought I would bring ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what you’ll need to catch a glimpse. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS streaks across ...