Space Bucket List

Watch the Northern Lights

Witness the aurora borealis natural light display

See a comet in the night sky

Watch a bright comet pass through the sky

See a meteor shower

Watch the Perseids (August) or Geminids (December) shooting stars from a dark location

Watch the Northern Lights in Iceland

Witness the aurora borealis natural light display

See the Milky Way galaxy

View our galaxy's core from dark sky locations like Chile's Atacama Desert or Hawaii's Mauna Kea

Watch the Southern Lights

Witness the aurora australis natural light display

See Saturn's rings

Observe Saturn's ice and rock rings through a telescope

Watch the Northern Lights in Poland

Witness the aurora borealis natural light display in Poland

See Starlink satellite train

Observe the Starlink satellite train, a line of satellites launched by SpaceX visible from Earth shortly after deployment

See NEOWISE comet

Observe the NEOWISE comet, a rare celestial event visible from Earth

See a binary star system

Observe two stars orbiting each other through a professional telescope

See Jupiter's Great Red Spot

Observe Jupiter's 400-year-old giant storm through a telescope

See a solar prominence

Watch massive solar flares through a specialized solar telescope

See Halley's Comet

Witness Halley's Comet, a periodic comet visible from Earth every 75-76 years, with the next appearance expected in 2061.