Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers looking east a couple of hours after dark this ...

On Wednesday, July 29, the moon will adorn the night sky and reach its peak of fullness, followed by two seasonal meteor showers ...

Venus and Jupiter remain visible in the evening sky soon after sunset early in July, although Jupiter fairly quickly drops out of sight. In the morning sky there’s lots of planetary action: Saturn ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. As autumn nights grow longer, one of the sky’s brightest ...

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the story of the nativity. Described in the Gospel of Matthew, the star ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. April 7: Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) enters the scene Before we lose sight of Canis Major in the nighttime sky, get in ...

BBC Weather presenter Matt Taylor looks at whether the forecast will spoil your view of the eclipse.

As a space scientist, every time I go outside with my family, I tell my children to look up at the sky. The front door of our home looks southeast, and on winter nights the constellation Orion hangs ...