Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When is the next total solar eclipse? On Aug. 12, 2026, the ...

The night sky has a habit of slipping into the background during quieter years. Fewer headline events pass overhead, and attention moves on. That calm is set to break in 2026. The year opens with a ...

With major eclipses, brilliant supermoons, and lineups of five or more planets, 2026 offers something awe-inspiring in every season. Here’s what to watch for. Solar prominences and their associated ...

Meteor showers. Supermoons. Planetary alignments. Black moons. The Milky Way. The northern lights. Partial solar eclipses. "Pinwheels" in the sky. The year 2025 was a great one for astronomy, and 2026 ...

A total eclipse will briefly plunge parts of Spain into total darkness on August 12, 2026, as the moon passes between Earth and the sun, the Spanish National Observatory reports. The eclipse will also ...

The best solar telescopes can give you a safe view of the sun during the 2026 total solar eclipse this August.