The Cassiopeia nova appears to be in a brightening phase, meaning it could grow brighter. But it could fade away just as quickly, so now is a great time to look and to see the powerful cosmic ...

At this time of the year, as Cassiopeia ascends the late evening sky, around 11 p.m. local daylight time, I actually think she resembles a sort of crooked number 3.

Today, astronomers officially recognize 88 constellations, dividing up the entire night sky. Learning a few of the big ones first makes it way easier to find other stars and deep-space objects.

That’s why we see a specific set of constellations, such as Cygnus the Swan and the Teapot, in the evening sky. Now, as we transition from summer to fall, our Earth keeps spinning. We begin to see the ...

Once the sky grows a little darker still, celebrate Valentine’s Day with a view of the stunning red Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia. The constellation sits to the upper left of the Little Dipper in ...

Love is in the air in February, even in the stars, even if city lights mar your starry sky. No matter what shape your night sky is in, take that special someone for a stroll under the celestial ...

The Zodiac can be a gateway into the graceful movements of the night sky. And it turns out our view of those constellations has changed since they were first mapped thousands of years ago.

I don’t write a lot of columns about Cassiopeia. Now that I sit here and begin to type my column, I’m wondering why that is. One reason might be that it’s difficult to spell first time ...

With naked eye, binoculars or a small telescope, there is a veritable Halloween candy bucketful of sky objects worth looking at, and the evenings are still mild enough to make the journey enjoyable.