astronomy

Over the past few months, I've noticed more than a few Facebook posts about a mysterious string of lights that have made their way around the world like a speeding train through the sky.

How cool is this? A recently discovered comet is making its way through the inner solar system and passing Earth soon. Here's when you might catch a glimpse over New Jersey!

Astronomers and experts have laid out all 13 full moons for the new year, and it looks like New Jersey has four Supermoons, and a partial Lunar Eclipse in our future.

Be sure to look up Sunday night ... if clouds cooperate.

There are plenty of events to look forward to in the sky in the Garden State, even ones you can see with the naked eye.

Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse Happens This Month!

Did you get a chance to see the "Supermoon" Monday night? This January Full Moon is also referred to as the "Wolf Moon". I took the Photos above last night and if skies are clear I'll be out tonight again, it's a beautiful moon to kick off 2018. The W...

Monday's Solar Eclipse will be a spectacle around the entire nation as well as at the Jersey Shore. Here are 5 things YOU need to know! When will we see the eclipse here in New Jersey? The eclipse will begin around 1 pm and remain visible til about 4 pm ... Read More ...

Unlike most other meteor showers, the Geminids are associated not with a comet but with an asteroid: the 3200 Phaethon. The asteroid takes about 1.4 years to orbit around the Sun. The Geminids are considered to be one of the more spectacular meteor shower during a year, with the possibility of sighting around 120 meteors per hour at its peak. ~ t...

If you’ve missed out on previous astronomical events because either you’ve been sleeping, or your neighborhood has too much light, here’s a great offer from the Bass River State Forest. A free Perseids Meteor Shower Viewing is happening there Thursday night into early Friday morning...