Skywatching
Hunting LightSail in Orbit
The hunt is on in the satellite tracking community, as the U.S. Air Force’s super-secret X-37B space plane rocketed into…
Review: Annals of the Deep Sky by Jeff Kanipe & Dennis Webb
Any lover of the night sky knows the value of a good star atlas and an astronomical handbook to guide…
A Guide to Saturn Through Opposition 2015
The month of May generally means the end of star party season here in Florida, as schools let out in…
Head Held High, Comet Lovejoy Does the Polar Plunge
Lots of towns hold a polar plunge fundraising event in the winter. Duluth, Minnesota's version, where participants jump in Lake Superior…
Tales (Tails?) of Two Comets: Prospects for Q1 PanSTARRS & G2 MASTER
Did you catch the performance of Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy earlier this year? Every year provides a few sure bets…
Crossing Quarters: Would the Real Astronomical Midway Point Please Stand Up?
Happy May Day Eve! Maybe May 1st is a major holiday in your world scheme, or perhaps you see it…
The 2015 Lyrid Meteors Peak Tomorrow Night!
April showers bring May flowers, and this month also brings a shower of the celestial variety, as the Lyrid meteors…
Lunar ‘Fountain of Youth’ Challenge / Mercury Returns with Gusto
16th century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León looked and looked but never did find the Fountain of Youth, a…
Help Researchers Track Comet 67/P Through Perihelion
Calling all light-bucket scope owners: the folks at the European Space Agency want to enlist you in the quest to…
Firefly Astronomy
Light makes life, and sometimes, life returns the favor. There’s nothing more magical than watching fireflies flit across a starlit…