Seven Planets To Align During Rare Celestial Event. When And How To Watch
A rare celestial event is set to take place in Earth’s night skies, much to the amazement of stargazers and astronomers. On February 28, all seven planets viz., Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars will neatly align in the sky in what scientists are terming a rare planetary coincidence. Though it is not […]
How to Find the Ten Brightest Stars in the Night Sky
Carlyn Kranking Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation Beginning to familiarize yourself with the night sky can feel daunting—with so many pinpricks of light above, parsing the constellations or identifying individual stars can be a lofty task. One starting point is to learn to find the brightest ones. In a rural sky dense with stars, the […]
Missed the Auroras in May? Here’s How to See Them Next Time
Carlyn Kranking Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation After an evening of trick-or-treating in Maplewood, Minnesota, on October 31, 2003, 4-year-old Vincent Ledvina and his family were heading home for the night. Suddenly, he noticed the sky was lit up in ethereal colors that were like nothing he had ever seen before. To Ledvina, as a […]