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Beaver Supermoon This Week Will Be 2025’s Closest, Brightest Full Moon

Its glare is expected to reduce visibility for faint meteors, especially during the Taurids early this week.

Beaver Supermoon Will Light Up the Night on November 5

Beaver Supermoon Will Be 2025’s Largest Full Moon on Nov. 5

Twin Comets Lemmon and SWAN Light Up Northern Skies as Brief Viewing Window Peaks

Orionids Peak Tonight Under Dark Skies

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Under New Moon Tonight

Orionids Peak Under New-Moon Skies Tonight

Comet Lemmon Makes Closest Approach Oct. 20–21 With Prime Viewing Under New Moon

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Oct. 21–23 Under New-Moon Skies

Twin Green Comets Brighten For Best Views Under Next Week’s New Moon

Orionid Meteor Shower Set to Peak Under Moonless Skies Next Week

Twin Green Comets Enter Prime Viewing Week Before Closest Approaches

Comets Lemmon and SWAN Poised for Best Viewing Oct. 20–21

Bright Moon Dulls Draconids’ Peak as Attention Shifts to Orionids

Draconids Peak Today With NASA Modeling a Brief Burst Up to 400 Meteors an Hour

Draconid Meteor Shower Peaks Wednesday With Best Views After Dusk in Northern Skies

October 'Harvest/Hunter' Supermoon Rises Monday Night, Kicking Off a Three-Month Run

ESA Spacecraft Track Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Near Mars as Perihelion Nears

Orionid Meteor Shower Begins, With Peak Oct. 21–22 Under Moonless Skies

Rare Chi Cygnid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend With Early-Evening Meteors