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The next lunar eclipse will occur during the night of August 27 to 28, 2026. It will bring one of nature’s most engaging celestial displays to skies across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Antarctica: a deep partial lunar eclipse. At greatest eclipse, more than 93% of the Moon’s disc will [...]
Solar eclipses have captivated humanity since time immemorial. These celestial events briefly transform daylight, turning day into an eerie twilight. The next solar eclipse occurs on August 12, 2026. It will be a total eclipse. You can read about what a total eclipse is below the details of this event. [...]
Below is your observing guide for the months of May and June 2026. As spring transitions to summer in the northern hemisphere, the nights become shorter but warmer, offering comfortable observing conditions. This guide highlights some of the better targets you should plan to observe. While it doesn’t list all [...]
Below is your observing guide for March and April 2026. If this is the first of our observation guides you have visited, you may wish to review our Observing Guides page, as it contains a lot of valuable information. The page details what is presented here and how to get [...]
Below is your observing guide for January and February 2026. As winter peaks in the northern hemisphere, the crisp, clear nights offer excellent stargazing opportunities. During these months, some of the year’s most prominent constellations and celestial objects grace the night sky. This guide highlights some of the better targets [...]
For many years, it was thought that all the mass of the universe was present in a form that we can detect due to its emission of electromagnetic radiation. Since the 1930s, evidence has mounted that this assumption was incorrect. This change of thought was based on the observations that [...]
This post explores supermassive black holes (SMBHs). It will discuss the tools that astronomers use to find these objects before exploring their link with active galactic nuclei (AGN). It will be discovered that SMBHs provide the energy source that produces AGN. The phenomena we observe from these objects are described [...]
Look up at the night sky, and you might think each twinkling point of light is a single star, much like our Sun. Interestingly, this is not true. We find that the vast majority of stars are part of binary or multiple-star systems. To put a number on it, 85% [...]