The first meteor shower of the year peaks on the night of January 2–3. Here’s everything you need to know to watch it and the ...

Maybe you received a telescope during the holiday season, or perhaps you’ve gifted yourself a scope. I want you to get as ...

NASA astronauts beam home Turkey Day message (video) Tuesday, November 26, 2024: Find someone that looks at you the way the Artemis 2 astronauts look at their Orion spacecraft. From the left ...

This apocalyptic object, the Chicxulub impactor, slammed into the sea just off the coast of modern-day Mexico. From it, shock ...

Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...

The Quadrantids’ radiant lies in the now-defunct constellation Quadrans Muralis, a region of the sky occupied by Boötes. It’s ...

As our eyes slowly adjusted to the gazillion pinprick stars above, Wiesner pointed out constellations: Orion’s Belt ... as the world’s largest radio telescope, is being built nearby, in ...

For most events you do not need a telescope or binoculars ... As the year progresses, different constellations appear in the evening sky. The perpetual chase of Orion and Scorpius (the hunter and the ...

Among the brighter constellations of Auriga, Gemini, Canis Minor and Major as well as Taurus are two brilliant planets. First ...

Along with these seven bright suns, other constellations around Orion also display brilliant stars. In all, a dozen bright ...

Canadian winters can be quite harsh at times. Between the bone-chilling cold and piles of snow, this time of year plays host ...