Star watch

At first glance this star cluster looks like a constellation. Some people even say it resembles the Big Dipper asterism.

Astronomers tell us that there are billions of galaxies in the Universe besides our own Milky Way. The Andromeda Galaxy is special though, because it’s the only other galaxy that we can see from Earth

What is longer than a football field and travels at more than 17,000 miles an hour? The answer is: the International Space Station (ISS). This amazing spacecraft has been orbiting the Earth once every 90

The dictionary defines a “galaxy” as a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
In the case of our galaxy, the Milky Way, scientists

There will be four supermoons in 2023, with two during the month of August. The one occurring on Aug. 30 will be the biggest and brightest of the 13 full moons during calendar year 2023.

“Eclipse chasers” will be on the move twice during the next nine months in response to an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023 followed by a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. On

Sometimes a reader wanting to learn more about the night sky will ask for a recommendation on what kind of telescope to purchase. My advice is usually along the lines of “keep it simple.”