This week, most of the attention will be on the glittering ball dropping in Times Square to ring in 2025 ... and color” tend to last longer in the sky than typical trails seen in other meteor ...

Layzer's theory also helps resolve what is known as Olber's Paradox on the night- time sky. According to Olber ... of the stars will diminish with the square of their distance, Layzer said.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

Four planets are visible in the night sky immediately after sunset, with Venus and Saturn in the southwest, Jupiter high in the southeast and Mars in the east. The best time to look is about 45 ...