Astronomers claim to have found new evidence supporting a controversial observation that our galaxy is residing in an ...

The writer was hosted.Tucked away in southeast Ohio you’ll find Hocking Hills, an area that boasts distinctive geological ...

From jaw-dropping coastal vantage points to serene night skies, these hidden clifftop locations near Thiruvananthapuram offer the ultimate stargazing experience. Perfect for travelers seeking peace, ...

Let’s learn about Capella. It is the fourth brightest star we can see in Ellensburg. It is the brightest northerly star. It ...

The highly inclined barred spiral M108 in Ursa Major is sometimes called the Surfboard Galaxy. It's not to be missed.

The Owl Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula — a type of object that yields glimpses of stellar death in slow motion.

The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...

Stargazing in July hopefully promises warm nights in Wyoming. The highlight of July evenings is the prominent band of the Milky Way arcing across the dark skies. Along the Milky Way, you’ll spot the ...

Having a good phone app is a lot of fun and quite helpful in verifying stars, asterisms, and constellations. Most apps will also show you locations of planets and some deep sky objects. I have ...

Equally enjoyable — at least for me — was to race outdoors after dinner to check them all out in the real night sky! One of my favorite star groupings of springtime was the Big Dipper.

The ISS is one of the brightest artificial objects in the sky, but it moves rapidly and changes brightness dramatically—on the horizon it’s more than 1,000 kilometers away from an observer ...

Usually such groups are called clusters (such as the Pleiades, a group of hundreds of young stars about 450 light-years from Earth that coincidentally looks like a dipper and is often mistaken for ...