At this time of year the asterism of the Winter Hexagon rises up in the East after sunset, six bright […]

The Moon rises in the mood of one of the English-speaking world’s most well-known fairy tales this week: Jack and the […]

This week when looking into the sky, we won’t see Mars, because it’s still buried in the heart of the […]

In his 1609 “Commentaries on the Motion of Mars,” German astronomer Johannes Kepler wrote, “I am stealing the golden vessels […]

The planet Venus rides across the dawn in a chariot of the Moon later this week, a spectacular sight that […]

The traditional observance of All Saint’s and All Soul’s Day happens Wednesday and Thursday this week, November 1st and 2nd, […]

Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole!  To Mary Queen the praise be given!  She […]

Halley’s Comet is probably the most well-known of the periodic visitors that sweep through our planetary system, and it’s also […]

By this weekend, around October 8, 2023, Venus will return to the same position she held over three months ago, […]

In the northern hemisphere there are five things overhead every night: a king, a queen, two bears, and a dragon. […]