Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars themselves, but that is not the case at all.

June 2025 offers skywatchers a trio of celestial events, including Venus at its greatest western elongation on June 1, the ...

Despite what you may believe, the brightest star in the night sky isn't the North Star, although it's probably the most ...

Explore the wonders of the Northern Hemisphere's night sky with our guide to the best celestial sights you can observe with ...

Of the more than 5,000 exoplanets that have been confirmed so far and many more thousands of candidates, most orbit stars the ...

Sometime soon, astronomers are expected a star over 3000 lightyears away to go nova any time now. When it does this star will ...

California stargazers will soon be able to witness a dazzling celestial sight composed of billions of stars. In late May, the Milky Way Galaxy will appear as a vibrant band arching across the night ...

Hello everyone! Although you’ll have to get up early to see them, there are two marvelous conjunctions in the eastern sky on ...

If you enjoy being outdoors on summer nights, June is a great time to start looking up! Even without a telescope, the skies ...

Planetarium and Program Coordinator Katy Downing of the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center shares the visible planets and ...

Incidentally, one way that you can tell the difference between a star and a planet in the night sky is that planets do not appear to twinkle, or at least not very much. Unlike a star whose narrow ...