Polaris, also known as the 'Pole Star' or 'North Star', is arguably the most famous stellar body to hang in the western hemisphere's night sky. For centuries it has served as a vital waypoint for ...

Dec. 25—Merry Christmas to you and yours. If the weather cooperates and we manage to have clear skies, then go outside and look up about 7 p.m. to locate the Great Square of Pegasus just past the ...

Shannon Silverman, an Astrophysicist at the Clay Center in Charleston West Virginia, guides us through the cosmos above West Virginia. In this episode, she explores the Big Dipper, and tells us about ...

Most of us pay much less attention to the far northern night sky than we should because it lacks bright stars and Messier objects. However, that in attention causes us to miss out on some interesting ...