The bright constellations of winter have departed in the west, while the stars of spring are climbing the eastern and ...

Most of us can spot the group of stars known as the Plough or the Big Dipper. But there’s more to explore here, says Abigail ...

Greetings everyone! Although Mercury is no longer in the early morning sky, Venus will be impossible to miss and Saturn will ...

T Coronae Borealis, a binary star system about 3,000 light years away, is usually far too dim to see with the naked eye.

Go outside and face west at 8 p.m. Right in front of you, very close to the horizon is Orion the Hunter, the sky’s most ...

The Winnebago County Conservation Board has scheduled a spring stargazing program for Sunday evening, May 25. The program ...

Life is full of trade-offs, and stargazing is no different. Nights are certainly warmer, but you have to stay up much later ...

The Full or Flower Moon is on May 12. The Moon is Last Quarter, rising at midnight, on May 20. On the 22nd, the waning ...

The constellations overhead in May are dominated by Leo the Lion and Ursa Major the Great Bear. Leo is easy to pick out by spotting a large backward question mark known as the Sickle. The bright star ...

Jupiter sinks into the sunset, ending a months-long guest starring role with the bright winter constellations. Those, too, are disappearing into the sun’s afterglow.

The constellations overhead in May are dominated ... is home to the well-known group of stars known as the Big Dipper. The handle of the Big Dipper curves and points to the bright orange star ...

As May commences, Jupiter, resembling a luminous golden star within the constellation Taurus, shines high above the western ...