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This Week's Amazing Sky
Did you know that spring is galaxy time? More galaxies are visible from March to mid-May, early in the evening. Find out more about famous galaxies and how to see a galaxy this spring!What Is a Galaxy?It may help the novice sky watcher to understand the definition of a galaxy: A galaxy is a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems,鈥
Get up close and personal with Saturn! The Ringed Planet will be its brightest, reaching its opposition (its closest point to Earth) on September 21, 2025! In our culture of publicity and hard sell, it鈥檚 tempting to exaggerate. But Saturn never disappoints. Here are Bob Berman鈥檚 tips on how to see it.Through any telescope with more than 30x, Saturn elicits gasps. Yet, oddly, photos of the鈥
Summer, bring it on! After the summer solstice (June 20, 2025), we start to lose daylight. How fast? Bob Berman talks about solstices and sunsets鈥攁nd finding out how rapidly the times change where you live.First, here is a refresher: The summer solstice is the first day of summer, according to astronomy. The word solstice comes from the Latin words 鈥渟un鈥 and 鈥渟toppage.鈥 It makes sense: The鈥
When the local weather station (or your weather app) says that there is an 鈥80% chance of rain,鈥 do you assume that this means you have an 80% chance of getting rained on? Not true. Bob Berman explains what a 鈥渃hance of rain鈥 really means!If you’re a sky watcher like yours truly, the first step in observing the sky is having decent weather. We probably all check the forecast from time鈥
Back in 1933, most of the universe went missing. According to many astronomers, it鈥檚 still missing. We鈥檙e talking about dark matter which can鈥檛 be seen. So, how do we know that dark matter exists? Bob Berman explains what dark matter is鈥攁nd isn鈥檛.Dark matter was coined by the famous Swiss physicist Fritz Zwicky. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the U.S鈥
On Tuesday, September 23, 2025, planet Neptune reaches its closest approach to us for the year. Why should we care about the only planet that cannot be seen with the naked eye? Well, if size matters, then it deserves attention on that basis alone; since it鈥檚 such an enormous blue ball, 58 planet Earths could fit inside it. Discover the 鈥渙ther鈥 blue planet.Discovering NeptuneWe really鈥
Learn how the Moon affects planet Earth. From tides to weather, there are many ways that our one and only natural satellite works in tandem with our planet. Plus, let鈥檚 dispel some myths about powers that our Moon does NOT have!How the Moon Affects TidesOcean TidesOf course, high tides and low tides are caused by the Moon鈥檚 gravitational pull. People have always鈥
Planet Mercury is odd in so many ways; it鈥檚 hard to find aspects that aren鈥檛 strange. What color is Mercury, really? And does it have the hottest surface temperature? See 10 fun facts about the smallest planet in our solar system. 10 Facts about Planet MercuryMercury鈥檚 orbit may be nearest to the Sun, so you鈥檇 think it was also the hottest planet. Nope! It鈥檚 the second hottest鈥
Seen any shooting stars lately? Worried about being clobbered by a meteor? Let’s talk about the chances of a meteor hitting Earth鈥攁nd one of us!For reasons no one can explain, meteors are mostly crammed into the final 5 months of the year. The most famous is the Perseids, which peak in August. These 鈥渇alling stars鈥 are mostly the size of apple seeds. But larger ones are out there鈥
Statistically, the coldest week falls about now鈥 in late January鈥攆or most places in Europe and North America.Some of us who live in rural areas heat with wood, which may sound romantic until you鈥檝e done it for a while. You grab icy logs barehanded and lug them to the house, where any remaining wrist hairs are burned off as they鈥檙e tossed in the stove.En route, one sometimes鈥
Have you heard of the Dog Star, Sirius? In February, it鈥檚 the brightest star in Earth鈥檚 night sky, parading overhead from nightfall until midnight. When viewing Sirius, we鈥檙e actually seeing the combined light of two stars. Learn how to find Sirius.Sirius is the alpha dog of the Big Dog constellation (Canis Major) and the brightest star of February. This star was considered bad news in鈥
Groundhog Day. Just a bizarre tradition involving a marmot, right? Believe it or not, Groundhog Day is full of amazing sky-related stuff. Even its date relates to the heavens. Bob Berman explains the connection between astronomy and sky-watching.As the tradition goes, a Pennsylvania groundhog ignores crowds of humans closely gathered around him and then, despite having a 4-ounce brain, gets鈥
