April’s nights see some of the sky’s largest constellations, and from their vastness spring a laundry list of celestial and ...

The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park flowers will be at their annual best this month, beginning with low-elevation, warm areas ...

It’s stargazing turnover time! Nighttimes are shrinking, and you’re forced to wait longer into the evening to begin your ...

It’s stargazing turnover time! Nighttimes are shrinking in Butler, and you’re forced to wait longer into the evening to begin ...

Instead, it is the brightest part of the very large constellation Ursa Major, the Big Bear ... planet will resemble a thin crescent moon. Near Venus in the low eastern twilight will be Mercury ...

After boasting of her beauty to the Nereids or sea nymphs, she is punished rather harshly in my view by Poseidon and finds herself tethered to the north star Polaris to spin around it for perpetuity ...

Created from debris trails from Halley’s Comet, the eta Aquariids can be seen from both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

Its rechargeable battery adds to its portability, so you don't have to be near a power ... visualize the constellations. You can use the Skyview Pocket Planetarium to see Ursa Major, Ursa Minor ...

The Geminids meteor shower this year will steal the spotlight thanks to near-zero interference ... Look to the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor for this shower’s radiant point.