For those who are caught in the throes of winter, it’s hard to believe, but it’s true – Earth is snuggling closest to the Sun for the entire year this week. We’ll be at our abs

Few sights in the night sky are more eye-catching than a conjunction between the Moon and Venus. And we get to enjoy such a meeting both tonight and tomorrow night. Venus is the brilliant “eveni

Two hundred years ago tonight, an Italian astronomer saw something new. He described it this way: “The atmosphere was traversed by a multitude of the luminous bodies known by the name of falling

For many, this time of year is a time for reflection – to think about the year that was, and ponder the year to come. So it might be a good time to ponder a reflection in the stars – a gia

The Pleiades star cluster is also known as the Seven Sisters. That’s because seven of its stars are fairly easy to pick out. They form a small but prominent dipper.In Greek mythology, the stars

The Pleiades star cluster is one of the prettiest sights in the night sky – a group of moderately bright stars that forms a tiny dipper. Depending on your eyesight and your sky conditions, you m

A constellation with connections to both scientific advancement and the horrors of war and revolution scoots low across the southern sky tonight. Fornax is in the southeast at nightfall. It’s no

If you’re up early tomorrow, and you have a clear southeastern horizon, you might want to step out into the winter chill for a few seconds – or maybe just look out your kitchen window. The

Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac, so it’s well known. But it’s small and faint, so it’s not easy to see – especially from light-polluted cities. Right now

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,How lovely are your branches!That’s certainly true for the branches of the Christmas Tree star cluster – a family of young stars in the constellation M