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Meteor shower guide 2024: The Delta Aquariids and Perseids
The Delta Aquariids meteor shower rambles across the skies for weeks. Look for them from late July through early August. Your 2024 meteor shower guide here.
July 1, 2024
Mars in 2024: Find it in the morning sky
Mars is ascending higher in the morning sky each month. Mars will be visible before dawn for the rest of 2024. Then, by the year's end, it'll suddenly become brighter!
July 1, 2024
Latest sunsets follow the summer solstice
Latest sunsets around now for 40 degrees north latitude. Latest sunrises around now for 40 degrees south latitude. Plus, a word about twilight.
June 23, 2024
June solstice in 2024: All you need to know
The June solstice will happen on June 20, 2024. It's the longest day for the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest day for the Southern Hemisphere.
June 20, 2024
The ecliptic is the sun’s path in our sky
The ecliptic is the path the sun takes across our sky. It's the Earth-sun plane, and, more or less, the plane of our solar system.
June 13, 2024
The North Star: Does it ever move?
The North Star is a symbol for constancy. But, a video of it overnight, reveals that it makes its own little circle around the sky's north pole every day.
June 5, 2024
Venus superior conjunction: Venus is behind the sun today
The moment of the Venus superior conjunction - passing between the sun and Earth - in 2024 is at 16 UTC (11 a.m. CDT) today, June 4.
June 4, 2024
Dark nebulae are obscuring clouds of gas and dust
Dark nebulae are clouds of gas and dust in space. They block the light of stars shining behind them. Often, they're locations where new stars are forming.
May 24, 2024
What’s a galaxy? All you need to know
What is a galaxy? We live in a galaxy called the Milky Way. But there is so much more to know about these grand and glorious star islands in space!
May 21, 2024
Constellations and signs: What’s the difference?
What is the difference between signs of the zodiac and constellations of the zodiac? Astronomer Guy Ottewell illustrates and discusses this difference.
May 19, 2024
