The twinkling stars in the night sky are not just beautiful to look at. Their flickering reveals something about the varying ...
The warm nights surrounding July 12 present a golden opportunity to hunt for the three bright stars that form the famous "Summer Triangle" asterism in the northern hemisphere night sky. Each of the ...
Long before anyone had access to a weather app, people learned to read the sky. Sailors, farmers, and shepherds developed a ...
One night I noticed a star changing colors and moving perceptibly. But through binoculars, a few dimmer stars in the same ...
It’s one of the first things any of us learn about astronomy – stars twinkle while planets don’t. However, other point-like objects in the radio sky also twinkle, or “scintillate,” including spinning ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. As autumn nights grow longer, one of the sky’s brightest ...