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

August’s full moon rose worldwide on Aug. 28, 2026, and was almost totally eclipsed by Earth’s shadow in space, turning the lunar surface reddish.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches this weekend aboard Falcon Heavy on a mission to map billions of galaxies, hunt exoplanets and probe dark energy.

On the night of Aug. 27-28, the full Sturgeon Moon will pass almost entirely through Earth’s darkest shadow, creating a spectacular 96% partial lunar eclipse.

North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead, which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere.

On the night of Aug. 27-28, the full Sturgeon Moon will pass almost entirely through Earth’s darkest shadow, creating a spectacular 96% partial lunar eclipse n the U.S.

The next total solar eclipse for the contiguous U.S. will occur on Aug. 22, 2044, when Montana and the Dakotas will see a sunset totality exactly as Spain did on Aug. 12.

Found in the northern sky, GJ 3378b is a potentially rocky world with liquid water on its surface, receiving 90% of the sunshine Earth receives from the sun.

NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan has passed critical tests as the space agency’s revolutionary Titan rotorcraft moves a step closer to its 2028 launch.

North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead, which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere.