astronomy

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is set to peak soon, giving those of us in Texas some celestial Friday Night Lights. Here are some tips on how best to see it.

A bright and beautiful conjunction of the crescent Moon, Venus and Jupiter will show itself just after sunset this weekend (June 20, 2015).

I do like like looking up the Native American Names for the moons.  I got started when people started confusing the name of the moon for how the moon was going to look.  For instance the "Pink Moon" had more to do with the stuff growing on the ground than it did with the color of the moon.