Read news from the world of astronomy for the week of December 31, 2021.
Check out our list of spaceflight missions to watch in 2022. Plus, make sure to see Comet Leonard before it reaches perihelion. And enjoy our guide to getting started with a new telescope.
After the noise and cheering at the turning of midnight tonight, step outside into the silent dark. High in the south will be Sirius, the bottom star of the bright, equilateral Winter Triangle. The others are Betelgeuse and Procyon.