There’s an old riddle about the closest star to Earth. It’s not Sirius or Alpha Centauri (or Proxima Centauri, either). Our Sun is the closest star, of course. So near, it doesn’t quite seem ...
One of this month's skywatching highlights is a total lunar eclipse on the night of March 13 — or more precisely, on the morning of the 14th when the Earth gets between the moon and the sun, and we ...