Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in December 2025: ...

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The best gear to help you capture the Orion Nebula, see a close-up of a ‘Christmas Star’ and get the best from the night sky in 2026.

The near-Earth asteroid Eros will pass by the galaxy Andromeda this evening. The rare event will be streamed live.

Astronomer Michael R. Blanton will join the Carnegie Science Observatories as its 12th director, overseeing astronomical ...

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WHENEVER Yolandi Boshoff looks up at the night stars – she isn’t looking at the Moon or one of Elon Musk’s starlink ...

Any clear night this month is the perfect time to pull out those binoculars or your telescope to observe the Orion Nebula. The nebula is, to the naked eye, the middle star in the “Sword” of Orion.

Will the universe keep existing forever? An astrophysicist explains how scientists aren’t entirely sure, but they can make predictions.

Plus, the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of Dec. 13-14, and the winter solstice arrives Dec. 21 at 10:03 a.m.