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Sky Shorts: Dig deeper into night skies with summer asterisms
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAugust is a great month to enjoy a night under the stars. It has always been my favorite. The nights...
Polaris Star: How to Spot the North Star in the Night Sky
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPolaris, also known as the North Star, is almost exactly over the celestial North Pole, making it extremely useful for navigation (and for making wishes on, as well).
New moon of May 2024 tonight welcomes the stars of summer
Space via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoA transparent ram is angled head-down on the right, with the transparent limbs of an unidentifiable...
The new moon lets the winter constellations shine tonight
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe small sun is bisected by a straight green line through a dark sky. below the sun, a black moon...
August Super Blue Moon guide 2023: The biggest and brightest moon of the year snuggles up to Saturn
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agothe full moon in the night sky Moonwatchers get an extra treat this month with a Blue Moon. A Blue...
October's new moon brings us a 'ring of fire' solar eclipse
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe moon obscures most of the sun during an annular eclipse, leaving a "ring of fire" visible....
February's 'super' new moon leaves the night sky nice and dark tonight
Space via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA bright central circle is the sun, bisecected by a green line, just above a darkened moon, also...
Sky Shorts: Features on surface of Mars resemble a teddy bear face
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Jan. 25, the University of Arizona shared an adorable picture of a feature on the surface of Mars...
Sky Shorts: Learn about Europe's launch of 1st Jupiter probe, record-setting Ingenuity flight
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn April 14, the European Space Agency’s JUpiter ICy moons Explorer launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket...
What to expect as ‘green comet’ hurtles towards close encounter with Earth
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe world is being visited by a guest who has not come by in 50,000 years. The greenish comet has...