22 June 2021 A Honey Moon, Apsides, and Mars Flies Through the Beehive June's Full Moon, Earth at Aphelion, and what to look for as the nights get longer...
15 June 2021 Marking the Summer Solstice (We've been at it for a long time!) The summer solstice was perhaps the most important day in the calendars of ancient cultures, judging by what they left behind...
08 June 2021 A Dawn Eclipse, Then a Jump Into the Whirlpool An unusual dawn solar eclipse, and a journey to a splendid galaxy...
01 June 2021 Seeing the Strongman's Stars The constellation Hercules is a good measure of the darkness of the sky, and it has some really cool things to see...
25 May 2021 Twilight Sights For Summer Nights Just what is twilight, anyway, and can I see anything when it's ongoing?...
18 May 2021 A Lunar Eclipse...For Some of Us! About half the nation gets a total lunar eclipse at dawn...
11 May 2021 Something For Everyone on Astronomy Day Astronomy Day is May 15. There are lots of things to see that evening...
04 May 2021 Chasing Comet Bits and Distant Galaxies A meteor shower courtesy of Halley's Comet, and a chance to view into the abyss...
27 April 2021 Marking May Day We explain the year's second "cross-quarter" day and peer into spring's brightest star...