Daily Astronomy Fix

How much do you love the Moon? Willing to get up early Wednesday? What about driving east of Boulder? If you’re willing, your commitment will be richly rewarded with seeing the first total lunar eclipse in 2+ years. The full Moon will set behind our glorious Rocky Mountains during totality...

Enjoy watching our beautiful Colorado sunsets? Stay for the twilight encore as Venus joins Mercury in the west-northwest. Mars can be spotted a bit higher up + the waxing Moon makes an appearance along with Regulus in the constellation of Leo.

The International Dark-sky Association & Denver Audubon have teamed up for Lights Out Colorado . 80% of birds in North America migrate at night. Coloradans can save millions of birds as they migrate over our state, keep our skies darker, & save energy w/ 2 simple steps: Shield outdoor lights...

Did you catch the Full Pink Moon last night? If not, don’t worry, it’ll still appear big and bright tonight too. Grab your binos or small scope and check out Sky & Telescope’s 7 Easy Things to See on the ‘SuperMoon.’ If it rains, you can always catch the next...

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 is ready to launch to the ISS on April 22! The Crew-2 flight includes mission specialist Thomas Pesquet from ESA, pilot Megan McArthur and commander Shane Kimbrough both from NASA, and mission specialist Akihiko Hoshide from JAXA (left to right). NASA TV LIVE launch coverage . Photo...

Sixty years ago today, the world was in awe as Russian Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to break the bounds of the Earth and travel into outer space on board Vostok 1. Fascinated with flight at an early age, he became a pilot and then joined the Soviet...

Can you spot Mars in the west during twilight? The Red Planet is still within the horns of the bull and both are sinking lower in the spring sky. Photo credit: SkySafari

The Moon is all a buzz in the Beehive Cluster tonight. Get out your binos and join the swarm! At only 600 LYs away, M44 is one of the closest star clusters to us and is full of 1,000+ young Suns spanning the area of 3 full Moons (1.5 degrees)...

It’s FINALLY Spring! The Sun crossed the celestial equator early this morning at 3:37a.m. The Sun rises due east and and sets due west on the equinoxes, plus day and night are approximately equal in length. Get out there and enjoy your ride on spaceship Earth! Want to see real-time...

Tonight’s forecast calls for a few flakes of snow & cloudy skies, but should it clear to the south, look for the brightest star in our Earthly skies - SIRIUS! From the Greek word scorching, Sirius is 8.6 LYs away (a mere 51 trillion miles) in the constellation of Canis...