Whether you are a telescope enthusiast or just want to step outside to enjoy the night sky, these are the phenomena to look out for this year Jay Bennett - Former associate web editor, science.

After expanding the number of night-sky cruises last year due to popular demand, Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry is returning in 2020 with a schedule of 10 cruises that includes sunrises ...

There appears to be a belief that the pandemic-inspired lockdown is making the night sky clearer and darker ... Suomi NPP satellite from January 24, 2020 (new moon) and April 24, 2020 (three ...

but today marks its transition to becoming an easy-to-see naked eye sight in the far more convenient post-sunset northwestern night sky. Officially designated C/2020 F3, Comet NEOWISE (named for ...

The company wants to deploy more than 1,500 satellites in 2020 alone, which means launches ... That would be a tremendous, wholesale change to the night sky; one company in one country would ...

Here’s how to get started. “When one looks toward the southwest just after dark, Venus is the most prominent object in the night sky after the moon,” he said. “Venus is currently about 60 ...

You’re gazing dreamily out of the window at night ... have its equipment ready by 2020, with contracts offered to corporate customers soon after. Turning the sky into an enormous canvas for ...

Astronomers measure the brightness of objects in the night sky as magnitude. Smaller numbers indicate brighter objects, with negative numbers denoting exceptionally bright objects. But Uranus is ...

An April 13 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a series of explosions and streaks in a night sky. “URGENT ... published the image in August 2020. Photo shows Iron Dome defense ...

The company wants to deploy more than 1,500 satellites in 2020 alone, which means launches ... That would be a tremendous, wholesale change to the night sky; one company in one country would ...