Skywatchers are set for a double helping of celestial sights on Saturday, Jan. 3, when the rise of the first full moon of 2026 will be followed shortly by the peak of one of the strongest meteor ...

The holiday season might be over, but January has a bit more celebrating to do with a full moon and a meteor shower kicking off the new year. Here’s what you need to know about both events. The first ...

Catch it while you can. A spectacular show is coming to the night sky, as the Quadrantids meteor shower prepares to deliver one of the most intense bursts of shooting stars of the year. NASA says the ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak overnight between Jan. 2 and Jan. 3, offering a brief but intense burst of meteors. This year’s first supermoon, known as the Super Wolf Moon, will also be ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — The first meteor shower of the year may be obscured by the year's first supermoon — the wolf moon — in January skies this weekend. The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Friday night ...

The New Year’s first supermoon and Quadrantid meteor shower will go head-to-head in the night skies Friday. The American Meteor Society says the Quadrantid meteor shower will peak Friday night into ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. In the early hours of Saturday, Jan. 3, one of the briefest ...

A supermoon appears to rise next to a skyscraper in Madrid in January 2018. The wolf moon will be 2026’s first supermoon. - Paul Hanna/Reuters The wolf moon, the first full moon of the year, will ring ...