As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

This event signals the start of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere and Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, a transition that also manifests in our evening skies as winter constellations start to vanish.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern latitudes).

Now we are officially in springtime, the days are getting longer, and the nights are shorter in the northern hemisphere.

It’s stargazing turnover time! Nighttimes are shrinking, and you’re forced to wait longer into the evening to begin your ...

However, when the South Pole tilts toward the sun, it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere ... as the sun's annual journey through the constellations of the zodiac carries it across the celestial ...