I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

The Orion Nebula is located just 1,500 light-years away, making it the closest large star-forming region to Earth. Easily ...

We asked an astronomer what you can see from London in the night sky this month – and one of them is incredibly rare.

The Moon and Jupiter will meet in the southwest sky at around 9.00pm GMT, where Jupiter will be shining bright to the left of the Moon. At the same time tomorrow evening (February 6), the pair will ...