Tonight's full Snow Moon will have a royal companion as it rises alongside Regulus, a star nicknamed "Heart of the Lion", in ...
Meteor showers remain on hiatus until April, but backyard astronomers in Castro Valley still have plenty of reasons to lift ...
And the lonely star far to the south is Fomalhaut, brightest in Piscis Austrinus, the southern fish. A dim Mars manages to stay above the sun’s afterglow, but the evening sky’s real planetary ...
According to scientists, Regulus is one of the four "royal stars" of ancient Persian astronomy. Like the other three – Aldebaran in Taurus, Antares in Scorpius, and Fomalhaut in Piscis Austrinus – it ...
Above the Circlet is the Great Square of Pegasus. Below Aquarius, the bright star Fomalhaut marks the mouth of Piscis Austrinus, the southern fish. Meanwhile, high in the southwest, the Summer ...
Comets are always a true celestial treat to track. In a clockwork cosmos, the appearance of a potentially bright new comet is always a celestial question mark: will it perform up to expectations, or ...