There are two ways to use a star map. First, we can go from the sky to the map. Suppose, for example, we spot a fairly bright star halfway from the southeastern horizon to the zenith (the map’s center ...

June offers a celestial spectacle, starting with the Milky Way's rise in dark skies. Venus shines brightly in the early ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.

One June 1, the moon will be in conjunction with both Mars, and the star Regulus of the constellation Leo, albeit at different times this night. This same combination of events occurs again on June 29 ...

Watch out this month for a Full Moon that barely skims the horizon, a phenomenon that inspired prehistoric astronomers, Nigel ...

The two bright stars below Mars are Castor and Pollux, the brightest stars in Gemini the Twins ... of some of those really dim southern constellations. Face due south and look straight up and ...

The supernova, a bright blue dot, was spotted in the distant galaxy’s outer disk. Located in the Gemini constellation ... These events occur when a dead star’s core violently erupts.

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February ... They are Pollux and Castor, the twin stars of Gemini. You’ll quickly notice they are not twins.

Pollux is one of two bright stars in Gemini; hanging above it as the constellation rises is Castor, slightly fainter (at magnitude 1.6) than Pollux’s magnitude of 1.2. However, Castor is a much ...

Mars will be very bright in the first quarter ... times brighter than the average star in the sky. Most interestingly, it falls in the constellation Gemini. Thus, it will feature highly in the ...

In early 2025, Mars will be exceptionally bright due to Mars ... brighter than the average star in the sky. Most interestingly, it falls in the constellation Gemini. Thus, it will feature highly ...