Sky Watching

Astronomy

Whether Saturn is visible tonight depends on your location, the time of year, and whether the planet is above your horizon during evening hours. Saturn is an outer planet that r...

Science & Nature

From night to night, the Moon appears to change shape in a dependable cycle that has guided calendars, rituals, and navigation for millennia. The phases of the Moon are a shared...

Science & Nature

The full moon in January is widely known as the Wolf Moon. This name comes from traditional moon names used by Indigenous peoples and early colonial sources in North America, la...

Astronomy

The sight of a bright point of light near the moon is common and predictable. A star next to the moon tonight occurs because the moon is passing close to that star in the sky, a...