There is plenty happening in the skies in the weeks ahead.

The crescent moon appears near the bright star Spica tomorrow night.

The two rise in the eastern sky around 3 a.m. and will be poised nicely high above the eastern sky by dawn.

On Sunday night the gibbous moon rises late in the evening near the red planet Mars. Both are in the zodiacal constellation Pisces.

This weekend the gibbous moon passes by the planets Jupiter and Saturn before becoming full on Monday night.

There is a big difference between a meteor and a comet.