The constellation Taurus the Bull is an easy one to find in the Northern Hemisphere’s fall and winter skies. It stands opposite the Sun at the beginning of December. The head of the figure is a large ...
Few things are as captivating as a dark, star-filled sky. But the stars we see and enjoy don’t just “exist”; they all came into being long ago inside of ...
The sky is filled with interesting and unusual planetary nebulae, which give us a forward look at the end state of our own star and solar system. Some of the faintest and most unusual planetaries were ...
Deep inside the Ring Nebula, astronomers have spotted a structure that should not exist: a narrow, glowing bar of iron ...
From Orion's glowing nebula to the sparkling Pleiades, these winter targets reward anyone willing to brave the cold.
Not too long ago, if you wanted to witness the wonders of the universe, you'd need to lug around a bulky telescope and possibly spend hours making fine adjustments to zero in on celestial targets. ZWO ...
Shannon Silverman guides us through the cosmos above West Virginia. Shannon Silverman, an Astrophysicist at the Clay Center in Charleston West Virginia, guides us through the cosmos above West ...