If you were to ask most people to name the brightest star in the night sky, chances are they'd confidently say, "the North Star." It's a common assumption, and it makes sense when you consider how ...

When scientists viewed the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) first images of the universe's earliest galaxies, they were shocked. The young galaxies appeared too bright, too massive and too mature ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. After spending the last six months in the evening sky for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Can you find the North Star? Called Polaris, it’s in exactly ...

If someone asks you, “How bright is that star?” and your answer is “Pretty bright,” that isn’t very useful. And, of course, it’s worthless for any type of comparative research. So for centuries, ...

When you look up into the night sky at a big, bright star, the familiar “twinkling” you see comes from the star’s light wriggling its way through Earth’s turbulent atmosphere. But if you could leap ...

The two brightest nighttime stars visible in the Pottsville sky are Sirius and Arcturus. April is the only month of the year when we can enjoy both of them at the same time in the early evening: ...