Sky Events — What's Happening Up There

Only the events worth going outside for: the upcoming calendar of eclipses and major meteor showers, plus a live feed of important astronomy news.

Upcoming — mark your calendar

☄️ Geminids — peak14 December 2026The strongest shower of the year (~120/hour), slow bright colourful meteors radiating from Gemini. Worth braving the cold.

☄️ Quadrantids — peak3 January 2027A short sharp peak of up to 100+ meteors/hour below the Big Dipper's handle — blink and the best hours are gone.

🌑 Annular Solar Eclipse6 February 2027A 'ring of fire' eclipse over the south Atlantic, grazing South America and the African coast.

🌑 Total Solar Eclipse over Egypt — Don't miss ⭐2 August 2027The century's longest totality on land — over 6 minutes of darkness at midday, with the path crossing Luxor. One of the greatest astronomical events of our lifetimes; plan for it now.

☄️ Perseids — peak13 August 2027The Perseids return — the annual summer classic from the constellation of Perseus.

In the news now

Filtered live from the Spaceflight News API — routine industry news is dropped, only sky-event stories pass. Headlines are in English. Refreshes hourly.

The news is quiet right now — no major sky events being reported. The calendar above never sleeps, though.