With the New Year here and the season of winter under way, we explore the January 2022 skies for a most memorable group of stars know as Orion the Hunter.
The long-awaited launch of the James Webb Telescope became a reality on Christmas Day! The $10 billion telescope spacecraft lifted off the launch pad in a near-perfect ascent to space on its million-mile journey.
The first discovered comet of 2021, Comet Leonard C/2021/ A1 is making news around the world as it gets closer to Earth and the planet Venus and finally its main event with the sun.
With the holidays in full swing, our attention is naturally drawn to the sky to imagine what objects or objects are just like the magical Christmas star of days gone by.
With the dark of the moon coming and a new moon Thursday we have an opportunity to view an amazing celestial visitor. Welcome to a new comet, Comet Leonard C/2021 A1, soon to be visible with binoculars and possibly the naked eye.
The month of November opens up with clear skies, little moonlight and the promise of some really interesting objects to view in our Arizona skies, such as the Triangulum constellation.
Flying above most of the atmosphere to capture images of faint celestial objects is one of the great technological achievements of science and so it is with the NASA/SOFIA Science Center’s specially modified 747SP aircraft.
As the Earth moves around the sun, we move into the autumnal equinox and cooler weather for us here in Arizona. With that comes the promise of some great views of our skies.
A new and strange atmospheric phenomenon is being seen in the skies around the world. “STEVE” is acronym for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement.
