Happy New Year! The pandemic may not have magically ended, but here are a few things to look forward to.

January 1st

New Year’s Day. Celebrate with a Dr. Who special, Revolution of the Daleks.

January 5th

Big Lies in a Small Town on shelves. From New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes a novel of chilling intrigue, a decades-old disappearance, and one woman’s quest to find the truth as she renovates a mural in a small town.

January 10th

Look for Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury to gather close in the west 45 minutes after sunset. All three will be quite low in the sky, so a unobstructed view of the horizon is needed to spot them.

January 12th

The CW’s anthology series Two Sentence Horror Stories returns.

January 15th

Marvel’s latest offering, the off kilter WandaVision, is available for streaming.

January 24th

Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation at 18.6 degrees from the Sun. This is the best time to view Mercury since it will be at its highest point above the horizon in the evening sky.

January 28th

Full Moon. The first full moon of the year is known as the Wolf Moon, named after hungry wolves howling outside of Native American villages.