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Our Cosmic Ancestors Jan. 14, 2021
Week of Jan. 17-23, 2021 We are made of star stuff. How often, over the years, have we encountered ... Read More
Mooning Around on Winter Nights Dec. 24, 2020
Week of Dec. 27, 2020 - Jan. 2, 2021 The final full moon of 2020 arrives on Tuesday, Dec. 29, when i... Read More
When Celestial Giants Meet Dec. 10, 2020
Week of Dec. 13-19, 2020 If you've got a small backyard telescope, this is the time to set it up, be... Read More
Which Astronomy Books Are Best? Dec. 03, 2020
Week of Dec. 6-12, 2020 One of the most common questions I hear around the holiday gift-giving seaso... Read More
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Nov. 19, 2020
Week of Nov. 22-28, 2020 During the predawn hours of Nov. 30, night owls and insomniacs in North Ame... Read More
The Winter Stars are Coming! Oct. 29, 2020
Week of Nov. 1-7, 2020 Whenever I spot the constellation Taurus, the bull, rising in the east after ... Read More
Finding Neptune After Dark Sep. 03, 2020
Week of Sept. 6-12, 2020 Scientists are in the business of classifying everything from butterflies t... Read More
Messier's Celestial Goldmine Aug. 13, 2020
Week of August 16-22, 2020 At this time of year, early-evening stargazers can tour one of the riches... Read More
The Solstice and the Analemma Jun. 11, 2020
Week of June 14-20, 2020 Look on any globe or map, and you're bound to find a mysterious figure-eigh... Read More
Sun Throws Shade on Mars Jun. 06, 2020
It's pretty tricky for a bright star to throw shade, but the arrangement of the sun to Mars enacts t... Read More
Strawberry Moon Jun. 05, 2020
The moon is big as a berry in the juicy-sweet skies of Sagittarius. This is the realm of adventure a... Read More
Venn Diagram of the Sun and Venus Jun. 04, 2020
This overlapping of the sun and Venus are like a Venn diagram clarifying where are the overlapping i... Read More
Libra Moon Weighs Ways Jun. 01, 2020
The sages say that the path is the way. But if this were always the case, why were off-road vehicles... Read More
Strawberry Moons Forever May. 31, 2020
Human connection takes courage. The full "strawberry moon" on June 5 will be emotionally as sweet an... Read More
Harmony Moon May. 31, 2020
Each relationship makes its own particular kind of music. Like birds listening for the song of their... Read More
Lean and Clean Moon May. 30, 2020
Virgo lunar vibes inspire a cleaning and clearing spree, and with Mercury as a new guest in the real... Read More
Mercury, Master of Domesticity May. 29, 2020
Just when you've had enough of being at home, Mercury transits into the domestic realm of Cancer. To... Read More
When Darkness Falls May. 28, 2020
Week of May 31 - June 6, 2020 Sometimes, we astronomers toss around terms that we consider to be "ob... Read More
Storytelling Moon May. 27, 2020
Every relationship has a story. The Leo moon encourages us to make it an interesting one. When the m... Read More
Cancer Moon Makes Memories May. 25, 2020
The Cancer moon forms an auspicious angle to Mars for Memorial Day, stirring the emotional side of m... Read More
