(Here are nine must-see night sky events to look forward to in 2025.) Southern delta Aquariids meteors tend to be faint, and you might not see more than a dozen or two shooting stars per hour at most.

Two meteor showers —the Alpha Capricornids and Southern Delta Aquariids — reach their peaks this week. Here’s how to observe these celestial events.

It’s a common story. Artificial light emanating upward into the night sky creates skyglow. That glow is increasingly erasing stars from human view in North America.

Rubin’s camera captures 3.5 degrees of the sky, more than most telescopes can map. Each image takes 15 seconds to capture and only two seconds to download.

Our planet itself is located along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms, about halfway from the center, according to NASA. The Milky Way sits in a cosmic neighborhood called the Local Group that ...

However, the best time to view it will be the evening of June 10, when the moon rises near sunset. Despite its name, the strawberry moon will shine a soft golden hue, not red, if weather permits.