July stargazing is certainly a late show, but it’s worth losing some sleep over because it’s now prime time for summer ...

Spica is the 15th brightest star in the sky and the brightest in the Virgo constellation. The star is also known as Alpha Virginis and is situated around 250 light-years from Earth.

The nova V462 Lupi was first discovered on June 12 by the Ohio State University-led All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ...

Having a good phone app is a lot of fun and quite helpful in verifying stars, asterisms, and constellations. Most apps will ...

Known as the “dog star” for its place amid the constellation Canis Major, Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. The vivid star is one of the nearest to Earth, at just 8.6 light-years ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

A superbright Mars is currently visible alongside Regulus, the "Heart of the Lion" star located around 79 light-years from ...

Cassiopeia is a bright constellation that looks like a “W.” This time of year, Cassiopeia is barely above the northern horizon in the early evening. It is easily seen, since its stars are as ...

Four out of the five brightest stars we can see are now readily visible in the early evening Shamokin celestial dome. Of ...

July stargazing is certainly a late show, but it is worth losing some sleep over because it is now prime time for summer ...