Orion is the easiest constellation to find in the winter sky and one of the most-mythologized star patterns in human...

The Beaver Moon, the last full Moon before the winter solstice, peaks on Tuesday, November 24, 2026, at 9:53 a.m....

The moon isn't only a night object. It's visible during the day for about half the lunar month, when its...

We are being visited by a comet from another solar system. Here’s why it’s historic and what to expect.

The persimmon seed is the strangest American weather forecast that survives in active use. Each fall, families across the Appalachian...

A total lunar eclipse, also called a blood moon, happens when Earth passes between the sun and the moon and...

The Orionid meteor shower is the fall meteor shower whose meteors are debris from Halley's Comet. In 2026 the shower...

Bundle up and head outside to watch the December Geminids, considered the best of the annual meteor displays. Learn more about this active meteor shower coming to a backyard sky near you!

The Harvest Moon has been a focal point of celebration across cultures for centuries: in North American farming communities, in...

In 2025, the October full moon, not September's, took the title of Harvest Moon. It was also a supermoon, the...