This time of year, Aileen O'Donoghue cheers and pumps her fists as the sun sets earlier and earlier. "I just love these early evenings! The dark reveals other things to us!" said O'Donoghue, ...

Astronomers are often asked how the casual observer can distinguish planets from bright stars in the night sky. It is commonly thought, and with a certain degree of justification, that stars twinkle, ...

I absolutely love stargazing in January. It’s worth bundling up for. Nights are long with some of the brightest constellations of the year. This January though is really something: Jupiter, Mars, ...

June is finally here, ushering in a new summer stargazing season and some sweet celestial events. This month, Northern Hemisphere skywatchers will be treated to bright, beautiful planets, the full ...

As the year nears its end, the winter solstice brings the year’s longest nights for those of us who reside in the Northern Hemisphere. And through the season, Mother Nature has seen to it that our ...

A new month of stargazing is here, bringing with it promises of warmer nights and a few sky highlights worth an early wake-up or two. In May 2024, stargazers will be treated to a spring meteor shower, ...

Welcome to the 194th edition of 6 Storm Team Starwatch. This is a blog that will be updated every Friday and will list events happening in the sky. The next several nights the crescent Moon will be ...

Looking westward with binoculars or telescopes immediately after sunset can be risky, as accidentally looking directly at the sun can cause serious eye damage.