It's easy to get lost in a clear night sky full of stars. It can feel like a random mess of lights without a little guidance.

Scientists have captured a special kind of radio signal from a galaxy that’s nearly 9 billion light-years away from the Earth ...

If you can't immediately find those two stars, finding the "Blaze Star" is most easily done by first locating the Big Dipper/Plough, one of the most recognizable patterns in the night sky.

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Stargazing is a bit of a tradeoff this month. The bad news is that sunsets in March are progressively later, and Daylight ...

and there are plenty of celestial wonders to see in March, including Sirius and the Big Dipper, among many other fascinating night sky targets.

T Coronae Borealis, the Blaze Star, is set to erupt after 80 years, becoming visible to the naked eye. Skywatchers may ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern latitudes).

Online chatter and a frenzy of media coverage has tended to make a big deal of allegedly rare "planetary alignments" and "planet parades ... The planets in our solar system orbit the sun essentially ...

March is the Time for Galaxy Quest Every year, March signals the time for astronomers and astro-photographers to bring out ...