SUNSET: 
Don't Miss the Brightest Objects in the Night Sky
The night's six or seven brightest objects are all visible simultaneously in late February and early March.
Wednesday's Mercury-Moon Challenge
Shortly after sunset on Wednesday, February 22nd, Mercury will be paired with an extraordinarily thin crescent Moon very low in the west.
SkyWeek TV
S&T associate editor Tony Flanders muses on the rewards and challenges of scripting a television program.
Time Committee Procrastinates
An international committee formed to settle the protocol for civilian time once and for all recently announced an important decision — they're going to put off the decision for another three years.
Sky & Telescope December 2011
Sky & Telescope's December 2011 issue is now available to digital subscribers.
Observe Mira, the Amazing Star
The extraordinary variable star Mira is expected to peak in early October, 2011.
Highlights From PATS 2011
This year's Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show is a great place to see new, old, and occasionally surprising astronomy products.
SkyWatch 2012: The Sun
The Sun is incredibly dynamic — something that's difficult to convey properly in the pages of a book or magazine. If you watch a major solar flare through a telescope, it will often change from one minute to the next. Time-lapse movies compress the time scale, allowing you to see…
SkyWatch 2012: Asteroids
Vesta, the 2nd-largest main-belt asteroid.NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDAMany asteroids have been visited by spacecraft since the Galileo probe flew by Gaspra in 1991 en route to Jupiter. These spacecraft encounters have yielded a treasure trove of detailed images and data. To study an…
Lots Going On in the Sky
The first week of September will be a memorable time for observers in the Northern Hemisphere.
Inside Sky & Telescope's September 2011 Issue
Sky & Telescope's September 2011 issue is now available to digital subscribers.
Sky & Telescope October 2011
Sky & Telescope's October 2011 issue is now available to digital subscribers.
Watch a Star Wink Out on September 3rd
On the evening of Saturday, September 3rd, the dark edge of the Moon will cover the 2.3-magnitude star Delta Scorpii from the eastern and southern U.S. to northern Venezuela.
Happy Birthday, Neptune!
On July 12th, Neptune completed one full circuit around the Sun since its discovery on the night of Sept 23-24, 1846.
Is Asteroid 2011 MD Space Junk?
For a while, it seemed possible that the asteroid that will buzz Earth on Monday is actually the upper stage of a rocket.
Asteroid To Buzz Earth Monday, June 27th
Asteroid 2011 MD is expected to pass less than 8,000 miles above Earth's surface around 1 p.m. EDT (17:00 UT) on Monday.
Three Great Old Magazines on DVD
The complete collections of The Sky, The Telescope, and Night Sky magazines are now available as DVD-ROMs.
Sky & Telescope August 2011
Sky & Telescope's August 2011 issue is now available to digital subscribers.
Uranus and Neptune in 2012
Uranus and Neptune are easy to find with the aid of the charts in this article.
Uranus and Neptune in 2011
Uranus and Neptune are easy to find with the aid of the charts in this article.