By Scott Levine Now that we’re past the winter solstice, we’ll start to see more daylight in our days, little by little, all the way until June’s summer solstice. We tend to think about winter as being the darkest time
Read MoreBy Scott Levine As the dog marched ahead, and the sun fell behind the hills across the river a night or two ago, I noticed for the first time that there were more leaves on the ground than on the
Read MoreBy Scott Levine The last time we were together, we stepped out and tracked down the Summer Triangle. As the leaves gather at our feet and ghosts and goblins fill our streets, I thought it’d be fun to check back
Read MoreBy Scott Levine On a breezy night a week or two ago, I got the dishes on and off the table and slipped out into the night, with a cup of tea and one of my kids a few steps
Read MoreBy Scott Levine People often say astronomy is like a time machine. The objects we love are so enormously far that we talk about them in terms of how long their light has traveled to us. When we say the
Read MoreBy Scott Levine I know what you’re going to say. “It’s summer. The skies are no good for watching the stars.” It’s true, just after the summer solstice, which is the shortest night of the year, true nighttime darkness doesn’t
Read MoreBy Scott Levine A fun, or just mildly interesting, piece of information that those of us who watch the skies can keep track of are the moon’s phases and see how they fall relative to our calendars each month. Our
Read Moreby Scott Levine When we were together last month, we found Jupiter and Venus in the western dusk. Let’s head out again, but this time, look to the north’s skies. Maybe you’ve noticed most of the night’s familiar star patterns
Read MoreBy Scott Levine Last month, we looked to the south to find some of the brightest stars we can see. Sirius is the brightest star in our nights, but is it the brightest object? Let’s start in the west this
Read MoreBy Scott Levine The last time we were together was just after the winter solstice, the very start of winter. Time flies, the world still spins, and as if by magic, we’re about halfway through. There’s already more daylight in
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