astronomy

The winter solstice, which usually occurs on Dec. 21 or 22, is when the tilt of the Northern Hemisphere is farthest from the sun, and marks the shortest day and longest night of the year and the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

All eyes were on the skies Tuesday night in Braintree, Massachusetts, as students and community members gathered at the high school to get a glimpse of what’s known as the strongest meteor shower of the year. About 100 people came together on the school’s athletic field between 9 and 10 p.m., a peak time to view the Geminid meteor shower….

Students in Braintree had a call to action for their community to turn out the lights and look up at the sky to catch a meteor shower.

The Geminid meteor shower lights up the night sky each December, and it will be at its most visible Tuesday overnight into Wednesday morning.

A celestial treat will grace the New England skies tonight and you’ll want to take a peek because it won’t happen again for another 107 years! Jupiter is going to be entering opposition, meaning the planet will move into a position directly opposite the sun, with Earth in between. NASA says this is the closest Jupiter has been to...

Jupiter will be at its closest point to Earth in 59 years on Monday, according to NASA.

The giant red planet will come the closest to Earth it has been since 1963 on Monday night.

The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak this week but the bright full moon might make it harder to see.

We have a big celestial event on Sunday night, so mark your calendar for the super flower blood moon eclipse. It’s a long name, but a few things are happening at the same time to give it this classification. And we’re watching the forecast to figure out if the clouds will let us see it. The lunar eclipse is...

The rare “super flower blood moon” occurs when the Earth is positioned directly between the moon and the sun.

Have you ever wondered what a universe tens of millions of light-years away may look like up close? Look no further. Bostronomy, brought to you by Boston native Matt Schricker, brings the night sky to life with his captivating and illusive photos of galaxies far, far away.

The April 8, 2024, solar eclipse will give tens of millions of skywatchers a chance to experience the celestial phenomenon – the last chance to do so from the U.S. until 2045, scientists say.

Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos

Starry-eyed lovers of astronomy have something to look forward to overnight as a near-total lunar eclipse will be visible in North America.

Here’s your guide to watching the August 2021 Perseid meteor showers tonight. Get details on what time they’ll start, where to look for them and more.

Astronomers say they’ve witnessed for the first time a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the densest object in the universe

Parts of North America were able to see a partial solar eclipse on Thursday morning.

A string of lights that lobbed across the night sky in parts of the United States over three nights earlier this week had callers frantically calling TV stations from Texas to Wisconsin and speculating that a fleet of UFOs was coming

If you like shooting stars, you’re in luck. The annual Lyrid meteor shower, which is active from April 16 to April 25, is expected to peak late Tuesday night and into early Wednesday morning.