Rigel in Orion is blue-white
Rigel, brightest star in the easy-to-see constellation of Orion the Hunter, shines with a blue-white color. Hidden behind its brilliant classic beauty is a fascinating and complex stellar life history.
Moon in Taurus on January 6, 7 and 8
These next three nights – January 6, 7 and 8, 2020 – the bright waxing gibbous moon shines in front of the constellation Taurus the Bull. However, it will be difficult to envision the starlit figure of the Bull on these moonlit nights.
Moon in Taurus on January 6, 7 and 8
These next three nights – January 6, 7 and 8, 2020 – the bright waxing gibbous moon shines in front of the constellation Taurus the Bull. However, it will be difficult to envision the starlit figure of the Bull on these moonlit nights.
Dark skies for 2020âs Quadrantid meteors
2020’s first major meteor shower is the Quadrantid shower. Best time to watch is probably late night January 3 until dawn January 4. Northerly latitudes are favored. No moon in the predawn hours (2 a.m. until dawn) this year!
NASA sees Typhoon Phanfone landfall in the Philippines
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Typhoon Phanfone, known locally in the Philippines as Ursula, was making landfall in the central part of the country when NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead on Dec. 24.
Cassiopeia, Queen of the north
Cassiopeia – sometimes called The Lady of the Chair – is famous for having the shape of a telltale W or M.
Aries? Hereâs your constellation
How to see Aries the Ram in your night sky, plus info about this constellation in astronomy history and mythology.
Aldebaran is the Bullâs fiery eye
Aldebaran – brightest star in Taurus the Bull – is easy to spot at one tip of a V-shaped pattern of stars. If this star replaced our sun, its surface would extend almost to the orbit of Mercury.
Take a tour of 11 White House Christmas trees
Over the years, myriad styles have been used to decorate the tree that annually graces the Blue Room of the White House, the official White House Christmas tree. Historians aren’t exactly clear when the first tree was put up in…
Pisces? Hereâs your constellation
How to see the constellation Pisces. Plus sky lore and science.
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