August 12 - 13, 2026 Peak
Perseid Meteor Shower Maximum
The highlight of the summer astronomical season. Expect up to 100 swift, bright meteors per hour produced by debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle.
August 12, 2026
Great European Total Solar Eclipse
A magnificent total solar eclipse sweeping across Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and the Mediterranean with up to 2m 18s of totality.
January 10, 2026
Jupiter at Opposition
The gas giant reaches its closest point to Earth, shining at maximum apparent brightness with Galilean moons visible in standard binoculars.
December 13 - 14, 2026
Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Renowned as the king of meteor showers, yielding up to 120 slow, multicolored meteors per hour originating from asteroid 3200 Phaethon.