Clear Skies

By Scott Levine With all the celebrations and merriment as we wind down these last few days of the year, I thought it’d be fun to take a break from all the rushing around. Instead, let’s see what magic is

By Scott Levine Earlier this year a famous astronomy communicator, who sometimes has a reputation for being a wet blanket, shook the conversation up by saying he felt lunar eclipses were “un-spectacular” and not something most people would notice. While

By Scott Levine A friend grabbed me a few weeks ago to ask about a headline he saw saying an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building was heading our way. Run for your lives! These headlines, which stop

By Scott Levine The summer solstice – the first day of summer – was about a week ago. This means the first lunar cycle of summer is about to start with today’s new moon (June 28). There’s an incredible amount

By Scott Levine Here at the very end of May, the last full month of spring is behind us. The official start of summer is only about three weeks away. Changes are happening in the night sky, too. As we

By Scott Levine With the world in turmoil and as unpredictable as it’s been, it often feels impossible to find anything that gives us even the slightest sense of calm or control. It’s hard to keep moving forward. As sure

By Scott Levine Last December, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA/JPL) launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Many people see Webb as the much-more-powerful successor to NASA/JPL’s Hubble Space Telescope. For more than 30 years, Hubble has driven