Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern latitudes).
If you missed the chance to see fireballs of the Southern Taurids light up the sky last week, don't worry. The second branch ...
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Rolling around the moon
We just had the super moon the other night. It was also a hunter’s moon. I’m not a big follower of the moon phases. This story is more about the ...
November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.
The annual Leonids meteor shower is due to peak next week, hopefully giving stargazers a treat to brighten up the dark winter ...
Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light. These changes in appearance ...
The Taurid meteors will appear to originate from the constellation of Taurus, hence their name, but they will be visible from anywhere in the night sky. Taurus will rise in the eastern sky around ...
KU astronomy hosted a a stargazing and planetarium event on Nov. 7 at Slawson Hall for students, staff and faculty to spend a ...
Four meteor showers are all active or reaching their peaks during the month of November. That means Wyoming’s night skies will be “bombarded” with ...
On Friday November 15, the final supermoon of the year, the Beaver Moon, will be visible from the UAE – and we should get a ...
The Taurid meteor shower could be visible starting around midnight on Tuesday, according to the American Meteorological ...
When looking for the galaxy, look for the ‘W’ in the northern part of the sky, and use the bottom right hand star, Schedar, as a pointer, sweeping slightly down and to the right. Under good ...