We're coming down to the home stretch of the spring season and this week, soon after nightfall, two constellations associated with the vernal season are reaching their highest point in the southern ...

Look to the west on the nights following June 18 to see Mars sweep past the bright star Regulus to enter the Spring Triangle - a formation of three prominent stellar bodies that are visible as spring ...

Finding your way around the sky can be confusing. The moon helps point to bright planets and stars, but sometimes you need more. That's where asterisms can help. They're bright, easily recognizable ...

Spring is coming to the Northern Hemisphere, but how can you tell when it will start? No need to Google the vernal equinox; ...

Two star patterns that can be found crossing the middle of the southern night sky soon after darkness falls on these late spring evenings are Bootes the Herdsman and Virgo the Maiden. Arcturus and ...

Arcturus, Spica, and Denebola form the easily visible Spring Triangle. The Spring Triangle is best viewed without any equipment. A small telescope reveals the Mini Coathanger. A large telescope is ...

The March Full Moon, also called the Worm Moon, reaches 100 percent lit at 3:18 A.M. EDT. When Full, our satellite sets around sunrise and rises around sunset, casting its bright light across the sky ...

THE 20th of March marks the vernal, or spring, equinox in the northern hemisphere, and the autumn equinox in the southern hemisphere. On this day, most places in the world will get around 12 hours of ...

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Two star patterns that can be found crossing the middle of the southern night sky soon after darkness falls on these late spring evenings are Bootes the Herdsman and Virgo the Maiden. Arcturus and ...