Wow! There’s so much to say about the June 2025 full moon! All June full moons ride low, but this will be the lowest full moon in decades. That’s because we’re in the midst of a Major Lunar Standstill. Plus, this full moon, which carries the name Strawberry Moon, will be near a beloved bright star, red Antares, Heart of the Scorpion in the constellation Scorpius. And there’s more! Watch for this full moon on the night of June 10-11! And join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd at 12:15 p.m. CD...| EarthSky
Everyone on Earth will see the full Wolf Moon on the night of January 13, 2025. And there’s a bonus! The January full moon will lie near the bright red planet Mars. Mars was closest to Earth for this 2-year period on January 12. And Mars will reach opposition on January 15-16. What’s more, a few lucky observers – in parts of North America, northwest Africa, the Azores and the Cape Verde Islands – will see the moon occult – or pass in front of – Mars. So if you look outside on the ...| EarthSky
The February full moon will occur on the night of February 12. It will glow next to the brightest star in Leo the Lion, Regulus. The moon’s bright glow will make Regulus hard to spot.When and where to look in 2025: Look for the bright, round full moon climbing in the east shortly after sunset as the twilight darkens on February 12. It glows high in the south near midnight, and drops low in the west shortly before sunrise on February 13. Also, it appears full the evenings before and after th...| EarthSky
The December full moon – called the Cold Moon – will light up the night sky on December 14 and 15, 2024. Since the full moon will crest at 9:02 UTC on December 15, the moon will look full on two evenings – December 14 and 15 – for the Americas and western Europe. This full moon will lie close to blazingly bright Jupiter on these nights. Earth just passed between Jupiter and the sun on December 7 … so Jupiter is now generally opposite the sun … and so is the full moon. The twin sta...| EarthSky
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Richard Witkowski captured the aurora storm on May 10-11, 2024, from Indiana Dunes National Park. It was surely one of the best night sky events of this past year. Thanks, Richard! So how about 2025? We can’t predict the next auroral display, but we can provide a preview of 2025’s top stargazing events. Mark your calendars!Best stargazing of 2025: Top events not to miss| EarthSky
Watch a Chinese rocket disintegrate over the Caribbean in multiple angles from meteor cameras in Puerto Rico. Video via Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe.| EarthSky
Sun news for December 27-28, 2024. An artist’s impression of Parker Solar Probe making its closest-yet approach to the sun on December 24, 2024. Yesterday, mission control confirmed that this approach was successful. Images via NASA/SVS.| EarthSky
Artist’s concept shows NASA’s Parker Solar Probe touching the sun. Parker Solar Probe was closest to the sun at 11:53:48 UTC (5:53:48 a.m. CST) December 24, 2024. It came within 3.86 million miles (6.2 million km) of our star. That was an exciting day for humanity! Image via NASA.The 2025 EarthSky Lunar Calendar is now available! A unique and beautiful poster-sized calendar. Makes a great New Year’s gift. Get yours today!| EarthSky
Our active sun continues to disturb Earth’s geomagnetic field. At the time of this writing a G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm is ongoing. The threshold was reached at 9:15 UTC. We saw activity the whole time during our observation period between 11 UTC yesterday and 11 UTC today. Late yesterday and early today we saw another G1 disturbance, during the 0-3 UTC period. People have reported auroral displays in Europe, Canada and the U.S. The G1 storming occurred during the dark hours in the U.S. ...| EarthSky
Sun activity is high this week, so far. There were 7 M flares in the past day. And check out the newcomer on the sun’s eastern, or incoming, side. Remember sunspot region AR3738? It produced an X flare and numerous M and C flares during its trip across the Earth-facing sun from July 5 to 17. Then the sun’s rotation carried it to the far side, where it produced an X14 flare! The flare – and its effects – were observed thanks to the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, which can see the sun’s fa...| EarthSky
Satellite views of Earth on the solstices and equinoxes. From left to right, a June solstice, a September equinox, a December solstice and a March equinox. To understand these images, look at the poles. Notice that at the June solstice, the North Pole is in sunlight. At the December solstice, the South Pole is in sunlight. Read more about these images, which are via Robert Simmon (Sigma Space Corporation)/ NASA.June solstice in 2026| EarthSky
Venus started passing behind the sun yesterday, June 3. SOHO’s LASCO C2 captured Venus about to pass behind the sun (or, in this case, behind the spacecraft imagery equipment’s sun-occulter). The occultation of Venus behind the sun – the “anti-transit” – started around 14 UTC (9 a.m. central) on June 3 as seen by SOHO’s LASCO 2 imager. Venus takes many hours to go to its deepest point behind the sun. It’ll be most deeply behind the sun today, June 4. Meanwhile, the Venus super...| EarthSky
The Boeing Starliner spacecraft – which had been docked at the International Space Station all summer, after leaving 2 astronauts stranded there – returned uncrewed to Earth last night. NASA reported its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT on September 6 (4:01 UTC on September 7), at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. Meanwhile, the astronauts are still at the ISS … waiting to come home. Image via NASA.| EarthSky
This month’s full moon – called the Flower Moon – will crest at 11:56 a.m. CDT for us in the Americas on May 12. The moon will be below the horizon then for us … but that timing means the moon will look round and full to us on both May 11 and May 12. What else is special about this full moon? What’s the best way to watch a full moon, and what can you expect to see? Join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd at 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC) to boost your moon-watching mojo!| EarthSky
