A much longer sky pattern involves Earth’s 25,720-year precession, the shifting in the direction of our poles. Once in that cycle, Polaris becomes the truest, most prominent pole star. It will reach ...

Pegasus the Winged Horse might be the most well-known horse-themed star pattern in the sky, but he is not alone. Once you find Pegasus, slowly sinking in the west this evening after sunset, next ...

Few star patterns have a shape so easy to remember: a neat "M" or "W" depending upon on its position and which way you're facing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The writer Tristan Gooley describes how a pair of familiar constellations can help a person navigate in darkness when other ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, October 10The Moon passes 5° north of Uranus at 5 A.M. EDT. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. After spending the last six months in the evening sky for ...

From Aldebaran to Vega, these gleaming beacons dazzle Northern Hemisphere viewers at various times of the year and provide a useful entry point into amateur astronomy Carlyn Kranking - Assistant ...

From twinkling constellations to stellar life cycles, this starry skywatching quiz will test your cosmic knowledge.

It's great to see old astronomical observations come to light. Not only can these confirm or refute what's known about ...

The stars you see tonight won’t be in the same place a million years from now, and some familiar constellations […] ...

How to see multiple phenomenons happening in space over the coming days. A trifecta of stargazing events could be visible in space in the coming days. In addition to the crescent moon and the ...