The New Year of 2026 began at the stroke of midnight today, and four minutes later the brightest star in the sky, Sirius in ...

Telescope operator, asteroid hunter, photographer, storm chaser and programmer are just some of his credentials—Rankin even has an ancient marine reptile named after him, a plesiosaur that he ...

“Seeing the aurora or the Milky Way from above the clouds is a powerful reminder of how fragile our atmosphere really is and ...

Unlike a partial lunar eclipse, in which only part of the Moon is obscured, the upcoming event will be a total lunar eclipse, ...

On Jan. 10, 2026, Jupiter reaches opposition, the moment when Earth passes directly between the planet and the sun. It puts ...

Astronomers spotted comet C/2025 R3, potentially visible without telescopes. It will approach Earth and Sun in April 2026, ...

Are you behind on your holiday shopping or holding out for some final pre-Christmas bargains? From telescopes to monoculars, we've rounded up the best last-minute savings on optical equipment. When ...

This wolf moon is also the first supermoon of 2026. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon’s closest point to Earth, known as perigee, causing it to appear noticeably larger and ...

Launched in March, NASA's SPHEREx space telescope has completed its first infrared map of the entire sky in 102 colors. While not visible to the human eye, these 102 infrared wavelengths of light are ...

The January full moon is traditionally called the wolf moon, a name that comes from old Northern Hemisphere folklore.

Discover why 2026 is set to be a thrilling year for skywatchers in the UAE, with rare supermoons, high-intensity meteor ...

People around the world will witness one of the first supermoons of 2026 when the ‘Wolf Supermoon’ rises in the skies. But ...