NATIONWIDE — As millions watch the historic Artemis II rocket head into space on Wednesday, days later, many more people will be looking to the skies again in the hopes of catching the Orion capsule.

The Lyrids are back! Here's where to look and how to spot these shooting stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Lyrid meteor ...

If you’re into making wishes on shooting stars, this may be your week. The Lyrids should produce between 15 and 20 meteors per hour. The annual Lyrid meteor shower, which is active through April 25, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A newly brightening comet is now visible in the predawn sky ...

California residents will have a golden opportunity to witness history when NASA’s Artemis II splashes down on Friday off the San Diego coast. For those who live in southern California or want to ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The Artemis II mission is expected to launch on Wednesday evening at Kennedy Space Center. The two-hour launch window kicked off at 6:24 p.m. There are plenty of places to ...

A rare celestial event on Feb. 28 will offer skywatchers the chance to witness a "planet parade" of all seven planets in our solar system outside of Earth. It's the last time this type of planetary ...

Set your alarms, skywatchers. Arizona will see a total lunar eclipse in the predawn hours Tuesday, when March’s full moon turns a deep crimson. During the 2026 lunar eclipse on March 3, the moon will ...

An astronomical event dubbed as the planet parade or planetary alignment, which is when—in this case, four—planets are visible to the naked eye on the evening sky (Mars on left, Jupiter in the middle, ...

The latest "planet parade" is set to cap off February by lighting up the night sky. Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus and Mercury will appear to line up. While this one isn't quite the full ...

Nearly all of the planets in the solar system are about to march through the night sky in a single-file line. This planetary alignment, sometimes called a planet parade, will include all of the solar ...

This month, a rare six-planet "alignment" will be visible to stargazers. Soon after sunset on Saturday, February 28, a planetary alignment, also known as a "planet parade," will brighten up our night ...