The two brightest nighttime stars available in the Minnesota and Wisconsin sky are Sirius and Arcturus. April is the only ...

After putting on a great show in our evening sky since the fall of 2024, dazzling Venus puts on a spectacular showing for early morning risers for the balance of 2025.

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), also known as the Blaze Star, is a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth. It ...

The nearby T Coronae Borealis system could still explode any day now, but calculations suggest the next best chance for ...

Once the explosion occurs, T-CrB will suddenly become as bright as the North Star—so if you know where to look, you won’t miss it! However, if you’ve already familiarised yourself with ...

The “Blaze Star” is a rare nova that could produce an explosion visible with the naked eye in the next few nights, located about 3,000 light years from Earth and part of the ...

When this happens to T-Coronae Borealis, it could temporarily become as bright as Polaris, the North Star. But after about a ...

The past two weeks were almost entirely cloudy, including eight days in a row of measurable rain. Behind the clouds, we missed many beautiful events involving the moon, planets and stars at night.

Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, it tells a dual-timeline ... layered with resolve and sadness, draws us in. “Bright Star”, Billy and the ensemble, a triumphant expression ...

Spring in the northern hemisphere brings with it the promise for the Lyrids, the first good meteor shower of the season.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Forbes reported that the star system, T Corona Borealis, exploded in 1787, 1866, and 1946, making it a predictable event witnessed by multiple generations of humanity. To spot the star, look for the ...