Photo of the constellation Cygnus with annotations from IAU and Sky & Telescope. Here is the non-annotated version. You've heard of the Southern Cross in the Southern Hemisphere's night sky, but what ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A brilliant “star” rising in the eastern sky after sunset ...
When Earth passes through a trail of debris left behind by Comet Thatcher every April, the Lyrid meteor shower becomes visible. It takes about 415.5 years for the comet to orbit the sun once. This ...