To entertain you through the January nights
Photo courtesy of NASA

Viewers living in the Northern Hemisphere looking for a winter astronomy treat to keep them entertained through the cold January nights should be able to get a look at Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd). The Northern Hemisphere night sky hasn't played host to a bright comet since Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) in 1997, although a few were bright enough to view with binoculars. This month viewers have a very good chance of viewing Garrad...

Board your time machine to the stars near the end of October 

September is the time for you and the kids to begin planning a journey to a celestial body that will be at its closest point to Earth and Sol, sometime near the end of October. Comet 103P/Hartley has been in the news, of late, as NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will fly by Comet 103P/Hartley, in the first part of November. Observers boarding their ...