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Witness the majestic evening departure of HMS Dragon, the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyer, as she sets sail from Portsmouth.
The BBC's Sky at Night Magazine reports that, should we ever get to stargaze on Mars, we'd see two moons - Phobos and Deimos - instead of just one. We wouldn't see as many satellites either, making it ...
As twilight fades to night these May evenings, Mars stands out in the northern sky. It begins the month near the center of Cancer the Crab not far from the magnificent Beehive star cluster (M44). The ...
Life is full of trade-offs, and stargazing is no different. Nights are certainly warmer, but you have to stay up much later ...
The day-and-a-half-old moon cuts a crisp figure against the diffuse, orange glow of evening twilight several years back. On Monday night, April 30, the moon will be a hair thinner and look just as ...
As twilight fades to night these May evenings, Mars stands out in the northern sky. It begins the month near the center of Cancer the Crab not far from the magnificent Beehive star cluster (M44).