In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out on the evening of December 3 to watch ...

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The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This ...

Plus, the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of Dec. 13-14, and the winter solstice arrives Dec. 21 at 10:03 a.m.

Any clear night this month is the perfect time to pull out those binoculars or your telescope to observe the Orion Nebula. The nebula is, to the naked eye, the middle star in the “Sword” of Orion.

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See the almost-full moon drift past the Pleiades (also known as the Seven Sisters) on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in a spectacular close encounter visible after dark.