Having a good phone app is a lot of fun and quite helpful in verifying stars, asterisms, and constellations. Most apps will ...

In the constellation Perseus the Hero, the star Algol is fun to watch due to its regular changes in brightness. And you don't ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...