Looking for Christmas gift ideas? Visit the store for great ideas for young and the young at heart, astronomy enthusiasts or beginners…there’s something for everyone! Why not grab the 2022 Astronomy calendar, which also includes the amazing photos and...
A casual observer may watch the sky at night and see 3 to 5 sporadic meteors per hour. However, on some nights, this number may increase markedly, and on projecting the paths of the meteors back, we find that many appear to radiate from a tiny area in the sky. This...
This months fun fact about the planets: Uranus Uranus appears to be a featureless blue ball at first glance, but this gas gets pretty weird upon closer inspection. First, the planet rotates on its side for reasons scientists haven’t quite figured out. The most likely...
There’s lots happening this month in the skies above! Although we are past the best of the Milky Way viewing season – there is still plenty to see. Suppose you can get away from the lights and hills. In that case, you can still see the almost uninterrupted ring...
