Alaska & the Aurora: pilgrimage to see the fabled Lights
I just returned from a weeklong lecture jaunt to a hot-spring resort in the middle of nowhere, 90 minutes east
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Celestial beauty: Take a peek at Venus at her peak
After the Moon, Venus is the brightest thing in the night sky. Nothing else even comes close. No wonder civilizations
Venus and Jupiter reach spectacular conjunction this weekend
You’ve already seen it. You couldn’t help it. There in the west after sunset, two brilliant “stars” grab attention because
NAO is the winter of our content
This winter has been warm and snow-free, and the reason is simple: We’ve had a positive North Atlantic Oscillation –
The Aurora Borealis will soon be back
“Are we there yet?” asks the impatient youngster on a family vacation. And that’s the same question posed by the
An unknowable universe?
For several years, increasing data are pointing to the universe being infinite in size and inventory: space that never ends,
Gazillions of planets are no surprise, but an infinite universe is
Last week, two celestial revelations made headlines. One was popular with the public, the other astonished astronomers. The popular announcement,
Below the belt with Orion
With a period of dark moonless skies coming up, and (so far) an unusually snowless winter, let’s do some old-fashioned
“Fermi Bubbles” have astrophysicists scratching their heads
About a year ago, astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope announced an astonishing discovery. I regard it as the
Outstanding skywatching opportunities in the coming year
No question about it: 2012 will be a fantastic year in the night sky. All years are not created equal.