When we join him next month, King will be freshly arrived from Norway, where he’s leading a Roads Scholar trip to see the Northern Lights. Minnesota Night Skies will be a monthly podcast for the ...

Did temperatures on the moon dip due to the world's Covid-19 lockdown? Last year, a pair of researchers claimed that the ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

On your mark, get set, go! Get ready because the messiness of 2025 will begin under the Leo full moon on February 12. Usually ...

The morning temperature outside was -11 degrees as I stood by the window in the bright sunlight visiting with memory care residents in the Rose Court where I now serve as chaplain. The dazzling ...

In 2025, that period falls on the night of August 12 to the morning of August 13—but unfortunately, the peak will occur just days after a full moon this time around, meaning that fainter meteors are ...

Watch a bright Moon dominate the sky, trace the Winter Hexagon, and continue enjoying the evening parade of planets in the ...

As New Year’s Day fades, a young moon hangs in the southwest near Venus and Mars. And as the sun sets on the last day of ...

Uranus has the craziest tilt in your Solar System. Its tilt is about ninety-eight degrees. That means its north pole is ...

On February 14, spot the Beehive Cluster (M44), a group of about 1,000 stars that shines brightly in the constellation Cancer ...

From planets and constellations, to eclipses and the Aurora Borealis, here's what to look for in the sky this spring ...

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a seven-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...