While the number of meteors per hour could vary, there is a chance to see many of them race across the sky after the Lyrid ...

Dragging the trash barrel to the curb, I look up at the night sky, and my current self is instantly tethered to all my past ...

A dazzling celestial display will light up the night sky in the form of the first meteor shower in three months. The Lyrid ...

Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, is the brightest star in the sky. It’s twice as massive as the Sun. Canopus, the ...

Above the great sheath of stars that defines the ship’s keel is a ragged circle of stars. That’s Vela the Sails, though there ...

Venus is very bright right now and can be seen with the naked eye just after sunset. Using a telescope, backyard astronomers ...

Keep an eye on the skies, the Lyrid meteor showers will begin this week in the skies above Ohio, if the weather cooperates.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

To find Spica, look for the big dipper and follow its handle to find a bright orange star, which is Arcturus. Then keep going ...