June’s night skies provide excellent opportunities to discover a slice of the evening sky that is largely unsung, unheralded and usually ignored. Daniel Zantzinger / Skywatcher’s Guide When, for ...

Most of us would consider Bootes the Bear Guard a spring constellation. That's when it first appears in the eastern sky, following the tail of Ursa Major the Great Bear as the snow drifts recede. Come ...

“Cosmic Nothing,” by Michael D. Lemonick, describes large empty areas of the universe called voids. It includes a quote from astronomer Gregory Scott Aldering concerning a void in the constellation ...