COPS in Northern Ireland have issued a desperate appeal over a woman who has not been heard from since New Year’s Eve. The ...

This month will bring some striking celestial sights, including one of the year’s best meteor showers and a glowing Saturn-moon pairing. December’s “cold moon”—seen here rising above Whitby Abbey in ...

Amid tonight's waning crescent moon phase — a very thin sliver of light — you may catch site of the bright Leonid meteor shower that peaked this week and remains active until Nov. 30 or the Northern ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights ...

Tonight, October 23, 2025, stargazers are in for a rare treat as the waxing crescent moon lines up with Mars and Mercury just after sunset. This cosmic trio will put on a show in the southwestern sky, ...

Look to the southwestern horizon at sunset on Oct. 23 to see the slender form of the crescent moon shine close to Mercury and Mars in the evening sky. The 6%-lit waxing crescent moon will be visible ...

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Before the next full moon, this weekend's sky with be ablaze with Orionids bright meteor shower display amid a waning crescent moon and another active meteor shower — the Southern Taurids. The next ...

The New Moon is typically invisible from Earth as its illuminated side faces away, with the shadowed side blending into the bright daytime sky when it is positioned between Earth and the Sun.

The crescent moon shines close to Mars above the western horizon at sunset on Sept. 24, but you'll need to be quick to spot the red planet before it slips swiftly from view alongside the twinkling ...

One of the best naked-eye stargazing sights of the year is on offer to skywatchers this week — if you can rise before the sun Friday (Sept. 19). Just before sunrise, the crescent moon, the brilliant ...