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Can you spot Mars in the west during twilight? The Red Planet is still within the horns of the bull and both are sinking lower in the spring sky. Photo credit: SkySafari

The Moon is all a buzz in the Beehive Cluster tonight. Get out your binos and join the swarm! At only 600 LYs away, M44 is one of the closest star clusters to us and is full of 1,000+ young Suns spanning the area of 3 full Moons (1.5 degrees)...

It’s FINALLY Spring! The Sun crossed the celestial equator early this morning at 3:37a.m. The Sun rises due east and and sets due west on the equinoxes, plus day and night are approximately equal in length. Get out there and enjoy your ride on spaceship Earth! Want to see real-time...

Tonight’s forecast calls for a few flakes of snow & cloudy skies, but should it clear to the south, look for the brightest star in our Earthly skies - SIRIUS! From the Greek word scorching, Sirius is 8.6 LYs away (a mere 51 trillion miles) in the constellation of Canis...

Up before the Sun? Grab your binos and scan the eastern horizon early on Wednesday morning to spot Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and the Moon all within the mythical seagoat Capricornus. Photo credit: Stellarium

Have you spotted the Lion lounging on the eastern horizon? The beautiful stars of Algenubi, Rasalas, Adhafera, Algieba, and Regulus outline Leo’s head, mane and front paw, while Zosma and Chertan draw the back and hindleg, and Denebola completes the picture with a fur-tipped tail. If you have a telescope...

Grab your binos and take some time to unwind with the dazzling celestial clusters in Taurus. The Pleiades are high in the eastern sky with the Hyades directly below admist the eyes of the bull. These two clusters have been admired since antiquity. While ever-changing and always in motion, we...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover is just 2 days from touching down on the Red Planet. The spacecraft launched from Earth on July 30 and has been racing to Mars at almost 50,000mph. Will it find signs of ancient life? Can it collect samples of rock for a future sample return...

Step outside after dinner and stand in wonder of the winter sky. You’ll be treated to magnificent display of very bright stars (1st magnitude or brighter) --- more than during any other season. Most are in the winter hexagon visible in the SE after dark. Find more info about this...

Ever feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day? Whether Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow or not, the holiday has roots in ancient astronomy. Feb. 2nd is a cross-quarter day, meaning it's half way between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. So, find time to celebrate the loops of time...