Dr. Sky

A total lunar eclipse will be best seen by Arizona sky watchers during the late evening until about midnight on the night of Jan. 20. 

SpaceX had 21 successful rocket launches in 2018 and plans for an even more aggressive schedule in 2019, including multiple launches of the Falcon Heavy.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past the the mysterious, primitive object nicknamed Ultima Thule on New Year's Day. You can view the results here.

As we close out 2018, what can we expect for 2019? Arizona sky watchers have some really exciting events to look forward to.

Arizonans looking to witness the year's brightest comet, comet 46P/Wirtanen, as it comes within 8 million miles of Earth can do so Sunday night.

The last month of the year offers up a great variety of objects to view from our Arizona skies, including the moon, Mars, Venus and a meteor shower.

As we reach the end of 2018, we still have some remaining Leonid meteors streaking across our Arizona skies, as well as the upcoming Geminid shower, which should peak around mid-December.

The sun goes through a period of 11-year and 22-year cycles and during peak solar cycles we experience a large number of sunspots and related solar events. These sunspot events can wreak havoc on the upper atmosphere of the earth.

With the clear skies that accompany this time of year, get set to see one of the most spectacular objects in all the night sky. The great Orion Nebula is coming into view.

As Arizona weather becomes the envy of the nation, we get to experience two important meteor showers in November: the Taurids and Leonids.