December brings some spectacular targets for astrophotographers, chief among them the Orion Nebula, the Pleiades and the Andromeda Galaxy, which ride high on crisp winter nights. It’s also a great ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Monday, Dec. 22Crescent moon: look low in the southwest just ...

December’s “cold moon”—seen here rising above Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire—glows larger and brighter as a supermoon, when its full phase aligns with its closest pass to Earth. Danny Lawson, Press ...

The final supermoon of 2025 graced night skies around the world from Thursday evening through to early Friday, creating some spectacular illuminated scenery. According to the Beijing Planetarium, this ...

The morning sky brings a lovely scene as the crescent Moon joins bright Mercury in the southeast before sunrise. The pair stands 10° apart in the predawn sky, about 9° above the horizon by 6:45 A.M.

December's full moon lived up to its name. The "Cold Moon" made snows glisten across Indiana Thursday, Dec. 4, as a blast of arctic air swept over the Midwest. Despite bitter wind chills dropping some ...

Before the year winds down and the gifts are wrapped, take a moment to unwrap the night sky. The final days of December bring a quiet but worthwhile lineup for stargazers, highlighted by the Ursid ...

An image of a full moon. - Photo by Omer Tarsuslu/Anadolu via Getty Images The moon still looks pretty big and bright in the sky after last night's Full Moon. But now that it's passed, the moon will ...

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