In 2021, a multination effort led to the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope—deployed nearly a million miles from Earth ...

The quirks of light moving through gas are the cause of stellar twinkling, which can be a bane—and sometimes a boon—for astronomers ...

Regular readers of my column certainly know how to use the Big Dipper to find the North Star (aka Polaris). Some folks believe Polaris is important ...

Astronomers are once again getting excited about a rare nova that could appear in the night sky anytime from now into the ...

Get ready for Summer 2025. It promises amazing celestial events. Stargazers can look forward to meteor showers and full moons ...

People have always gazed at the night sky in wonder, going as far back as the ancient Babylonians. The roots of what we know ...

Of all the constellations that we see through the year over Butler, Virgo the Virgin is the second largest. The only problem ...

That star, named Polaris, is the brightest in the constellation of Ursa Minor, "The Little Bear".

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

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But I am as constant as the Northern Star”, says Julius Caesar in the play Shakespeare named after him. He was making a ...