The hours following sunset on Dec. 25 offer a wealth of naked-eye astronomy targets that can put even the most glitzy Christmas lights to shame, especially when viewed from a dark sky location.

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The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Jan.3-4 and is active between Dec. 28 and Jan. 12. Our guide tells you how and where you can see the Quadrantid display.

As the American Meteor Society notes, Quadrantids has a short but active peak, lasting around 6 hours. The peak is expected ...

North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the Northern ...

Meteors from the Ursids appear near the Little Dipper, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor. Only skywatchers in the ...

Sky watchers may be tempted out this weekend, when an underappreciated meteor shower will coincide with a new moon and the ...

Discover the highlights of the Northern Hemisphere’s winter night sky with our guide to the top celestial sights to enjoy through binoculars between November 2025 and January 2026. Winter in the ...

The new "Constellation Ball" is covered in 5,000 glittering Waterford crystals. A new, dazzling ball will drop in Times Square in New York City next month, as revelers ring in the New Year. One Times ...

The builders of the pyramid complex in Egypt had a very good astronomer. We call him Senenmut (the Mother’s Brother, or the Uncle). Today, our astronomers are so good that they build computer programs ...