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Watch the last full Moon of the winter season rise in the east tonight at about 7:45pm MDT. Send us your pictures ! Photo credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

The waxing gibbous Moon will be your guide this evening for spotting the spring constellation of Leo. The lion rises earlier every evening revealing that spring is almost here. Graphic credit: Stellarium

Tonight the waxing crescent Moon is framed by Taurus’s famed Hyades cluster on the left and the Pleiades cluster on the right. Follow the ecliptic down from the Moon to spot ice-giant (and yes, a gassy planet with an atmosphere comprised of Hydrogen, Helium and Methane) Uranus through a telescope...

We LOVE rocky planets! Especially, our Earth! Grab your binos to see all of the solar system’s terrestrial gems Saturday, February 5th about 30 minutes before sunrise. Binos are optional for Earth, of course. Want to know more? Check out Sky & Telescope 's weekly article This Week at a...

It’s Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil can’t really predict the weather, but he can confirm his holiday has roots in ancient astronomy. February 2 is a cross-quarter day, meaning it's half way between the winter solstice & the spring equinox.

From Sky & Telescope magazine: The University of Colorado, Â鶹ӰԺ, has unveiled a 1:10 billion scale-model solar system with an interactive sound experience. Have you ever longed to experience a planetary voyage through the solar system? Or to travel from the Sun from Jupiter? The University of Colorado, Â鶹ӰԺ (CU...

Enjoy watching the first full Moon of 2022 tonight! Can you spot the bright craters Tycho & Copernicus with your unaided eye? Look for the dark, smooth mare too. Mare means seas in Latin, but we now know mare are ancient lava flows. It's amazing what we can see from...

Have you seen Sirius—the brightest star visible from Earth? Use Orion’s belt to draw a line to the lower left to spot the brilliant Dog Star in Canis Major. Sirius is 8.6 LYs away (a mere 51 trillion miles) and one of our nearest stellar neighbors.

Welcome to the shortest day of the year - the winter solstice! Avid observers, bundle up and enjoy the longest night of the year. Earth’s axial tilt causes the Sun to be at its farthest south (lowest) in the sky today for Northern Hemisphere dwellers. The Southern Hemisphere receives the...

Enjoy the last full Moon of 2021 tonight! You’ll find the Frost or Winter Moon in between the horns of Taurus, the Bull. Does it appear slightly smaller than average? The Moon is at apogee, meaning at its furthest point in orbit from the Earth — making it a mini-moon...