Winter is a great time to view the night sky, and AstroBob has a few things to look for. Right now, Jupiter is visible at dusk in the south. Venus and Mercury can be seen at dawn. In the night sky, ...

Who among us, fail to notice the beautiful holiday decorations that are in full view at this time of the year? Streets, homes and stores are festooned in evergreens and arrayed in bright lights. As a ...

NASA’s Hubble data shows a wake of dense gas around Betelgeuse, offering the clearest proof yet of a long-suspected companion ...

Mercury reaches its stationary point in Virgo today at 4 P.M. EDT. It will now begin moving westward, or retrograde, while also reducing its elongation from the Sun. The solar system’s smallest planet ...

In our current evening sky we have one of the earliest soap-operalike stories, with two independent plots becoming intertwined into one. Perhaps we could call it the celestial version of "All My ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...