Astronomy Articles

The Old Farmer's Almanac contains 14 months' worth of Sky Watch information from our astronomer, Bob Berman. As a courtesy to our Web visitors, the information for the current and upcoming months is included below.

The Old Farmer's Almanac contains 14 months' worth of Sky Watch information from our astronomer, Bob Berman. As a courtesy to our Web visitors, the information for the current and upcoming months is included below.

The Old Farmer's Almanac contains 14 months' worth of Sky Watch information from our astronomer, Bob Berman. As a courtesy to our Web visitors, the information for the current and upcoming months is included below.

See Meteor Showers Guide for 2010 below. Here are a few viewing tips to catch these "shooting stars."

Stars scribble in our eyes the frosty sagas,
The gleaming cantos of unvanquished space.
–Hart Crane (1899-1932)

Whether you're a beginner or a serious astronomer, we hope the following astronomy links page help you enjoy the...

Our lives are ruled by cycles—night and day, the seasons, a biological rhythm within our own bodies, and many other rhythms.

Edward Russell Dewey (1895–1978) was a Harvard economist who had identified a number of cycles in the U.S. economy and started the...

What are some of Earth's greatest sky events? Here's the Almanac's take on the most spectacular, memorable, and even scary sky phenomena visible to the naked eye since 1792.

Thousands of years ago, people spent hours gazing at the night sky. They found that by connecting the stars as if they were dots, patterns emerged that resembled animals, people and things.