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Best star projectors 2025: The top projectors and planetariums

By Jamie Carter last updated

Buying Guide Here are the best star projectors to enjoy a night sky experience from the comfort of your couch. They are often reduced, so keep your eyes open.

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Best beginner cameras: Image shows person in woolly hat taking picture with water and mountains behind them

Best beginner cameras

By Jacob Little last updated

Buying Guide Starting your photography journey? We have considered different budgets and brands for your first camera, with eyes on upcoming Amazon Prime Day deals.

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a person looks through a telescope beneath a crescent moon and two bright orbs in the sky

The brightest planets in September's night sky: How to see them (and when)

By Joe Rao last updated

Reference A guide to the bright naked-eye planets in July 2025 and the best times to view them.

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September full moon 2025: The Harvest Moon gets eclipsed

By Jesse Emspak last updated

The eclipse will see the moon turn a deep shade of red.

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Night sky, September 2025: What you can see tonight [maps]

By Chris Vaughan last updated

Reference Find out what's up in your night sky during September 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

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A graphic showing the positions of planets in the predawn sky on Sept. 1. Mercury is visible close to the horizon, with Venus positioned diagonally to its right among the stars of the constellation Cancer, with Jupiter in a line beyond.

Don't miss Venus line up with Jupiter and Mercury before sunrise on Sept. 1

By Anthony Wood published

Jupiter, Venus and Mercury move into line formation predawn on Sept. 1

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A meteor is pictured streaking the a starry night sky above a silhouetted horizon. The bright band of the Milky Way can be seen tumbling vertically through the centre of the image towards the horizon.

Try to spot a rare Aurigid meteor as the shower peaks overnight on Aug. 31

By Anthony Wood published

The Aurigid meteor shower hails from debris of the comet C/1911 N1 Kiess, which last visited the inner solar system 2,000 years ago.

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An orange-red full moon is pictured against a black night sky. The upper left of the lunar disk is relatively bright. Vast basaltic plains known as lunar maria can be seen dominating the left half of the moon's surface.

One week until the blood moon total lunar eclipse lights up September's sky

By Anthony Wood published

A total lunar eclipse will take place on Sept. 7-8, creating a spectacular blood moon effect.

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Aurora alert! Incoming cannibal solar storm could spark Labor Day northern lights show

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

A pair of solar eruptions may combine into a powerful "cannibal CME," boosting chances for dazzling auroras over Labor Day.

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A picture of the moon against a black sky with its right side lit by direct sunlight and its left side bathed in shadow. Dark basaltic plains are visible marking the lunar surface, while numerous large craters can be seen sling the line separating night from day.

See the half-lit first quarter moon shine in the grasp of a celestial scorpion tonight

By Anthony Wood published

The moon will appear in the constellation Scorpius at sunset on Aug. 30-31.

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