We can easily see this “precession” effect with a spinning top. As the top rotates on its axis, it eventually slows down and begins to wobble. The axis about which the top spins no longer points in a ...

The moon's final quarter arrives May 20, offering stunning views of half its surface lit. Discover the best ways to observe ...

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

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 ...

Planetarium and Program Coordinator Katy Downing of the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center shares the visible planets and ...

This week is the best time in May to view the night sky. Here's everything you can see during May's dark skies, from an upside-down bear to some of the oldest stars in the universe.

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

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

India’s Kutch region offers a combination of unique landscapes and dark skies.

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 ...

Gaze skyward on any spring and summer night and you’ll surely see what appears to be a star drifting slowly across the night sky. This is probably an ...

A little over 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually falling ...