SUNSET: 
A Great Time for Space-Station Watching
For the next week, the enormous International Space Station will be slam-dunk easy to spot in the evening sky — if you know where and when to look for it.
The Fickle Lyrid Meteors
Even though moonlight will interfere with this year's Lyrid meteor shower, skywatchers should be alert for a possible outburst on the mornings of April 22nd and 23rd.
Lyrid Meteor Shower in 2013
Even though moonlight will interfere with this year's Lyrid meteor shower, skywatchers should be alert for a possible outburst on the night of April 21–22.
SkyWeek App for Android
To celebrate its 70th anniversary, Sky & Telescope is releasing a free app, S&T SkyWeek for Android.
Sky & Telescope June 2011
Sky & Telescope's June 2011 issue is now available to digital subscribers.
NEAF: Bigger and Better Than Ever
Record crowds swarmed into the Northeast Astronomy Forum last weekend to examine amateur astronomy's latest telescopes, cameras, gizmos and gear.
T Pyxidis Finally Blows Again
A very overdue recurrent nova is having its long-awaited outburst. You can follow it with binoculars right after dark.
Come to NEAF April 16-17
Make plans to attend the largest annual astronomy trade show in America: the Northeast Astronomy Forum & Telescope Show.
So-So Prospects for Comet Elenin
Discovered in December, an inbound comet will reach perihelion in September and likely be a nice sight in binoculars — but barely visible, if at all, to the unaided eye.
Kepler's Bonus: New Insights on Stars
Using observations from NASA's Kepler spacecraft, astronomers have found that about one-fourth of stars like the Sun slowly throb in ways that reveal their sizes and masses as never before.
Video Interview with Sean Walker
Sean Walker talks about his job at Sky & Telescope and how he started astrophotography.
Video Interview with Pat Coppola
Pat Coppola discusses her background in illustration and how she uses her creativity to produce a magazine that is both accurate and beautiful.
The Central European Deep Sky Imaging Conference
The Biennial CEDIC in Austria brought together hundreds of astrophotographers to share their techniques and imagery.
The "Pioneer Anomaly": Case Closed
A mysterious force has been slowing down the starbound Pioneer 10 and 11 probes for decades. A fresh analysis confirms the suspicion that it was nothing more than heat reflecting off each probe's big communication dish.
Global Astronomy Month 2011
April is Global Astronomy Month. So try to think of one little extra thing that you can do bring the glories of the night sky to the attention of the general public.
March 19th's "Super Moon" Over Boston
S&T senior editor Dennis di Cicco took full advantage of a crystal-clear sky and a panoramic setting to record breathtaking views of an extra-big full Moon rising over the Boston skyline. Here's the story of how he did it!
Tour April's Sky! | March 31st, 2011
Look out! Jupiter is no longer ruling the evening sky, and sky critters are on the march in the north, east, and south.
Messenger Gets to Work
With about 30 orbits of Mercury under its belt and another 700 to go, a NASA spacecraft is starting to reveal the innermost planet's true identity.
An Amazing Aurora Video
Night after freezing night, Norwegian photographer Ole Salomonsen gathered aurora photos — 50,000 in all — to produce a breathtaking video that reveals the northern lights' true splendor.
New Insights on Lunar Swirls
Comet impacts? Magnetic oddities? Crashed alien spaceships? Soon scientists hope to solve the longstanding mystery of bright swirls like Reiner Gamma on the lunar surface.
