I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to Northern Hemisphere mid-northern ...

Greetings everyone! There are three planets in your early morning sky. Mercury will be very close to the eastern horizon, two ...

Brain teaser puzzles provide a healthy workout for the brain by testing an individual's logical, analytical, and critical ...

The Sun reaches its southernmost point, the Ursid meteor shower peaks, and the Christmas Tree Cluster glitters in the sky ...

Mr Santa, want to hear me play? Do the reindeer talk? And can I ride your sleigh? Even before you open the cover, this book ...

Once the long night of the solstice has commenced, it’s appropriate to quietly reflect on the year past and to anticipate the ...

As it grows, it is known as a waxing moon, and gradually increases from a waxing "crescent" (for its shape into the first quarter moon. As it continues to brighten, it takes on an oblong ...

Fred Schaaf discusses the past year of sky sights; the present two-week period that takes us from the old year into the new; ...

Venus will pass to the north of the much-fainter bluish star Regulus (in Leo, the Lion) on the morning of Sept. 19; the planet and star will appear low in the east-northeast predawn sky, separated by ...

The crescent moon will set early in the evening during peak, leaving dark skies for what should be an excellent show.

Skies above South Carolina sparkle with Christmas Star, meteor shower and supergiant Betelgeuse along with Jupiter, Venus and ...

Look south an hour before sunrise and you’ll see the waning crescent Moon just to the upper right of a bright, 1st-magnitude star. This is Spica, Virgo’s alpha star. You may even spot ...