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Partial solar eclipse
A partial solar eclipse seen from the city of Gaza on Tuesday 4 January 2011. (AP Photo / Hatem Moussa)
What: A partial solar eclipse that will cover about 37% of the sun in the best areas of observation.
When: August 11, 2018
Where to look: The eclipse will be visible in the northern regions of North America and Europe, as well as in Greenland, Iceland and Asia. The best viewing areas will be in Russia and northeastern China, according to National Geographic.
Perseid meteor shower
On this long exposure photo, a trail appears in the sky during the Perseid annual meteor shower over the roadside silhouette of a Spanish fighting bull, designed several decades ago in Spain as a sign highway, in the early hours of Monday. August 12, 2013. (AP Photo / Paul White)
What: The Perseid meteorite rain is an annual meteor shower that produces up to 60 shooting stars every hour. This year should be better than normal as it coincides with a thin crescent moon, according to National Geographic.
Bill Cooke, from NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, Alabama, said it could produce up to 200 meteors per hour.
When: Summits August 11-12, 2018
Where to look: Northern hemisphere.
Draconid Meteor Shower
Stars and meteor trails are visible behind a destroyed house near Tuzla, Bosnia, on Wednesday August 12, 2015. (AP Photo / Amel Emric)
What: Draconid Meteor Shower (not shown in the photo). The new moon that coincides should make it easier to see than other years.
When: October 8, 2018, precisely just before dark
Where to look: North America, Europe and Asia, although the meteor shower is sometimes visible in parts of the southern hemisphere closer to the equator.
Meteor shower Orionides
An astronomer observes the Orionids in an observatory near the village of Avren, east of Sofia, Bulgarian capital, on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. The Orionid meteor shower occurs every year as a result of the passage of the Earth in the cosmic dust released by Halley's comet. The radiant Orionides is located near the constellation Orion. (AP Photo / Petar Petrov)
What: Orionids Meteor Shower, a meteor shower visible every year created by debris from Haley's comet.
When: October 21-22, 2018, especially after midnight and just before dawn, with the best opportunity to watch it on Sunday.
Where to look: North and South hemispheres.
Meteor shower of Leonids
The Leonids meteor shower offered an exciting eastern sky over Montpellier and Barre, Vermont, on Sunday morning, November 18, 2001, in Fayston, Vermont. The Leonids are tiny dust particles spilled by the comet Tempel-Tuttle. Meteors are called Leonids because they seem to come from the constellation Leo Leo. (AP Photo / Mike Riddell)
What: Leonid meteor shower, annual meteor shower which should be visible around midnight.
When: November 17-18, 2018
Where to look: North and South hemispheres.
Geminids Meteor Shower
A meteor crossed the sky during the Geminids annual meteor shower on an Orthodox church located in the local cemetery near the village of Zagorie, about 110 km west of the capital Minsk, in southern Belarus , Wednesday, December 13, 2017 (AP Photo / Sergei Grits)
What: The Geminids meteor shower is considered one of the best meteor showers of the year. It is possible to see up to 120 meteors every hour.
When: December 13-14, 2018
Where to look: At the global level.
Ursids meteor shower
The full moon rises on the Gaza sky on Ramadan 15 in Gaza City on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. (AP Photo / Hatem Moussa)
What: The Ursid meteor shower appears every year, but the full moon will make visualization difficult this year.
When: December 22-23, 2018
Where to look: Northern hemisphere.
Mars at its best
FILE – This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from more than 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. On Tuesday, July 31, 2018, the red planet will come closer to Earth in 15 years. (NASA via AP)
What: Mars and Earth will be distant only 35.8 million miles (57.6 million kilometers) on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. And on Friday, July 27, 2018, Mars will be in opposition. This means that Mars and the sun will be exactly on opposite sides of the Earth. The same day, some parts of the world will see a total lunar eclipse.
When: July 31, 2018
Where to look: At the global level.
Comet 46P / Wirtanen – 2018 Appearance
Comet McNaught 2006 P1 is a view of the sunset sky near the village of Kostinbrod, northwest of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, Wednesday, January 10, 2007. (AP Photo / Petar Petrov)
What: While the comet will be visible to the telescope for months before and after its approach, comet 46P / Wirtanen (not shown in the photo) will get close enough to the Earth in December to be seen at the naked eye. It will be the tenth closest comet of modern times, according to scientists at the University of Maryland.
When: December 16, 2018
Where to look: North and South hemispheres.
Total eclipse of the moon
This combination of photos shows the different stages of the moon during a lunar eclipse, views from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Saturday December 10, 2011. (AP Photo / Ringo H.W. Chiu)
What: A total lunar eclipse of 103 minutes, making it the longest eclipse of the 21st century.
When: July 27, 2018
Where to look: Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and South America. The eclipse will not be visible at all in North America.
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