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...

It’s the most frequently asked question in amateur astronomy. Here, an astronomer offers some guidance.

This Sunday night, December 13, we’ll see the year’s finest meteor shower. These are the Geminids and they deliver a...

I'm periodically asked if I’ve seen evidence among the stars of a Creator. I always dodge such questions, directed my...

Many feel ‘downbeat’ starting around now, with a strange heaviness striking a large minority of the population in November. Its...

This is a good time because the moon is absent this weekend. And there’s a bunch of cool stuff to...

If you know any skeptics regarding carbon dioxide, or who are not freaked by the earth’s still-new milestone of hitting...

Unlike this spring and most of the summer, all four of the classic bright planets are now hovering close to...

Jupiter came closest to our planet arth just a month ago, so it will continue to dominate the sky the...

When we reach the nights of August 11 and 12, we will see a meteor every two minutes or so,...

It’s the best comet since Hale-Bopp graced our skies in 1996. And it’s easy to find. From any location with...

This summer offers lots of Covid-safe entertainment in the night sky. And the price is right.

Click-bait articles try to get readers excited about non-events like lunar eclipse and unremarkable meteor showers. Don’t be fooled.

It’s almost over. Venus has been dazzling and delighting us for months now, the best apparition of the evening star...

This week, Venus has reached its greatest separation from the sun while standing high above where the sun set. These...

We all enjoy sky-spectacles, and especially those that do not require a telescope. Some are not too frustratingly rare, such...

Buy, lease or forget the whole thing? A deep dive into the options faced by solar-curious homeowners in New York...

Who hasn’t heard of the Seven Sisters,also known as the Pleiades? It’s the most beautiful star cluster and the most...