This is my final Observing Basics column. Since I’m not one to do things in a small way, I’ve decided to hold this press conference to answer any questions you may have about my 20-year stint here.

Happy International Year of Astronomy! Capitalizing on the fact that 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s earliest telescopic forays into the night sky, the International Astronomical Union ...

Bloomer: It is best to start with a little naked-eye astronomy: see if you can pick just something out at first, and build from there, over time. Try to identify a constellation or two in relation to ...

Sometimes people accidentally make good points while believing they are making the opposite point. Right before the eclipse, liberal activist David Pepper asked an easy-to-answer question whose answer ...

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On Monday, the Slidell Branch of the St. Tammany Parish Library will be the place to be for astronomy lovers of all ages with a solar eclipse viewing party from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and a virtual ...

On Thursday, June 22, the Bowdoin observatory took to the skies. Well, not exactly. But for several hours, the building was “in the air,” that is, raised above ground and, slowly, rolled to a new, ...

Since its founding in 1894, Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff has been a beacon of astronomical discovery, its scientists famously identifying Pluto and revealing the expanding universe. Now, Lowell ...

In a recent feature published by Space.com, Vermont-based astrophotographer Dr. Michele Hernandez Bayliss has revealed a stunning set of deep-sky portraits captured entirely from her own backyard ...