Star watch

Next to the Big Dipper in Ursa major, Orion is probably the best-known constellation in our night sky.
Named after a hunter in Greek mythology, Orion has the distinction of having more bright stars

Artemis II, led by NASA, will be the first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. It had a scheduled launch window from the Kennedy Space Center that began

The Moon’s gravitational pull on Earth, combined with other forces, causes our surface water to be redistributed into bulges on the side closest and the side farthest from the Moon. These are the two high

Our universe is a big place and it keeps getting bigger. Why is that?
For one thing, we keep building new and better telescopes that help us see farther into space.

The coming year promises to be an exciting time for amateur astronomers. So what are a few of the highlights we can expect to see from the northern United States?

If you can tolerate chilly nights, the next two weeks will be a great time to view eight of our brightest stars. Almost any night in mid December three to four hours or later after

Back in October of 2023, I wrote a column about the International Space Station (ISS).
I was reminded of this a few weeks ago during an astronomy event at Fort Macon State Park in

Watching the moon change its shape from night to night as it waxes or wanes is one of the more interesting things to see in our night sky, but understanding how this happens can be

The ancient Greeks tell us about a royal couple that formerly ruled the mythical kingdom of Aethiopia. Cassiopeia the queen, and her not-so-well-known husband, Cepheus, have now been immortalized into two of the modern, 88