It’s now dark and moonless. October weather tends to be clear. It all adds up to our final optimum astronomy

Of nature’s greatest sky spectacles, the total lunar eclipse probably ranks sixth. It does not take one’s breath away like

Last week a powerful X-class solar flare erupted smack in the middle of the Sun. It was optimally positioned to

Neptune – which these weeks lies at its brightest and closest of the year – is an amazing place. Give

This weekend, the media will proclaim a SuperMoon. You can’t blame them; NASA sent out a press release saying that

Two years ago, the first human-made object left the solar system. That was Voyager 1. Right now, in late August

Time for easy astronomy – loveliness that soothes the soul but require no charts, no knowledge. It’s right now, the

Of course you’ve noticed that we have less daylight than we did in July. Maybe you listen to public radio and

It’s coming up Sunday night: the closest and largest Moon of 2014. What’s cool is that the Moon reaches an