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...

We are all finding new ways to have fun at home. Naturally and predictably, I’m recommending you step into your...

In the “current affairs” department, no other topic could be explored on this page right now. You wouldn’t think “germs”...

There are two foolproof ways to ascertain Earth’s true shape without needing to trust photos or any astronaut.

Media outlets such as Earth and Sky are saying that we are entering a “SuperMoon season,” with three SuperMoons in...

In 1935, Albert Einstein and two colleagues, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen, wrote a now-famous paper in which they addressed...

Mercury alters its brightness more than any other planet, varying by three hundredfold. Each year its light goes from fainter...

Remember the movie Contact, starring Jodie Foster? She contacted aliens from a famous star that in the movie was pronounced...

A supernova in our lifetimes is not impossible.

The famous star Betelgeuse is dimmer than anyone has seen it in a century.

This is the very finest test of vision in all the heavens.