Farmers' Almanac Astronomy
Farmers’ Almanac astronomy provides the best times to view meteor showers, full moons, facts about planets and stars, plus more!
Recent Astronomy Articles
Looking Up: A Stargazer’s Guide to February 2012
Find out what’s going on in the night sky over the next month!
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Are You a Star? Take Our Astronomy Quiz?
How much do you know about our universe? Find out!
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Singular Sedna
Discovered less than 10 years ago, Sedna is the coldest, most distant known object in our Solar System.
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If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.