A spike in solar activity, including an Earth-directed CME, means that widespread auroras may light up the skies over the next few nights.

The most extreme Earth-Moon distances occur around New Moon or Full Moon. On November 20, 2025, the Moon will be at its farthest distance for the next 18 years.

From 2026, South Korea will call May 1 Labor Day (Nodongjeol) again. Today it’s a paid day off only for Labor Standards Act workers; the government aims to make it a public holiday for all employees.

Egypt will observe a public holiday on Saturday, November 1, 2025, to celebrate the Grand Egyptian Museum’s opening just 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Giza Pyramids—an ambitious, decades-long project showcasing 100,000+ artifacts, including Tutankhamun’s treasures.

What’s up in the day and night sky in November 2025, including the Leonid meteor shower and Super Hunter's Moon.

Discover the phases of the Moon in November 2025—and find out why, this year, November’s Beaver Moon is also a Super Hunter’s Moon.

EU reconsiders ending Daylight Saving Time, leaving the future of twice-yearly clock changes across the bloc uncertain.

“This is the first opportunity to study an interstellar object in such exquisite detail,” says Dr. Thomas H. Puzia, an old friend of timeanddate.

Bulgaria plans two extra days off—Dec 31 and Jan 2—to prepare systems for adopting the euro on Jan 1, 2026. If approved, New Year’s becomes a five-day break from work for many.

After landslides killed dozens, Nepal took an unusual step: two national holidays to keep people off risky roads and free space for rescue teams. Here’s how emergency “holidays” work—and why this creates a rare three-day break.