Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers looking east a couple of hours after dark this ...

Pegasus the Winged Horse might be the most well-known horse-themed star pattern in the sky, but he is not alone. Once you find Pegasus, slowly sinking in the west this evening after sunset, next ...

Scorpius is one of the few constellations that actually resembles its namesake — and this summer is the perfect time to find it.

Any night now, a “new star” or nova will appear in the night sky. While it won’t set the sky ablaze, it’s a special opportunity to see a rare event that’s usually difficult to predict in advance. The ...

From Aldebaran to Vega, these gleaming beacons dazzle Northern Hemisphere viewers at various times of the year and provide a useful entry point into amateur astronomy Carlyn Kranking | Associate Web ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. July 8: Asteroid Melpomene at opposition Venus ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. If you’ve noticed a dazzling “star” low in the western sky ...

One of the easiest things to find in the night sky, even in brightly lit urban areas, has to be the seven bright stars of the Big Dipper. As soon as it’s dark enough after sunset, look high in the ...

The horse's body is formed by four bright stars, one of the easiest star patterns for astronomy neophytes to trace out.