The start of fall arrives with the autumnal equinox next Wednesday, September 22 at 3:21 p.m. That’s when the midday...

This coming Tuesday, the 14th, Neptune reaches its closest approach to us for the year. It’s an enormous blue ball...

Researchers recently found the farthest-ever galaxy, a Hubble smudge at a distance of around 13 billion light years.

Light determines what we see and know. But what is it?

Coastal civilizations forever noticed that the ocean’s rhythmic rise and fall mostly followed the Moon’s position. But how could this...

August is when the sky transitions from its least number of faint stars (in the spring) to its greatest number,...

One planet never disappoints. Through any telescope with more than 30x, Saturn elicits gasps. Oddly enough, photos of the ringed...

You simply can’t travel far enough to escape Earth’s gravity.

What’s the most romantic gift for your sweetheart? A book of poetry? A candlelight dinner? Excellent choices — but as...

The summer solstice on Sunday night is followed by a unique Full Moon on Thursday the 24th, and all of...

This weekend, the three nearest celestial bodies bunch up for our observing pleasure. They’re easy to find and require no...

The Andromeda galaxy, just 2 1/2 million light-years away, is so nearby that the expansion of space isn’t powerful enough...

Mark your calendars- here’s a list of upcoming celestial phenomena you won’t want to miss.

For scientists, coincidences can suggest a pattern that warrants further investigation. But there are many instances in our everyday lives...

Our human logical-mind system, which operates through symbolic language, seems inadequate to meaningfully probe the universe’s true nature. We all...

Extremely high Hudson River tides start this Sunday and peak Tuesday, April 27. That’s because Monday’s Full Moon happens just...

It’s not even fun anymore. Since we last landed humans on the Moon in December, 1972, nine US presidents have...

Coming up soon is April 15, the traditional date taxpayers join astronomers in being obsessed with numbers.

The Earth’s carbon dioxide level was 326 parts per million when I moved to Woodstock in 1972. By 1989, when...

When the Full Moon arrives next Saturday night, the 27th, let’s finally learn its brightness. For, in the mass media...