stars

A rare nova explosion will light up the night sky this summer, visible without any special equipment.

Something really cool is about to happen this June in the skies above Michigan that hasn't occurred since December of 2004. We will be able to see a 5 planet parade.

The other day I was asking “where’s a good place to look at the sky?”, not because I’m crazy, BUT because you could see the Northern Lights, and I didn’t know where to go where it’s actually dark enough to enjoy. Low and behold, MLiveapparently heard my questions and actually posted a story about Headlands International Dark Sky Park at the top of the mitten, along the Mackinac Straits... Read Mor

It's always a little difficult to gaze at the stars in West Michigan because of light pollution and our above average cloud cover.  But if you really want to get a good clear view of the sky without much light pollution, you don't have to travel too far...

Forget buying a commemorative star, how about getting an entire constellation!?  David Bowie is being forever remembered by the MIRA Public Observatory as a constellation.  The Belgian observatory mapped a constellation that consists of seven stars that form the shape of the lightning bolt from Bowie’s 1973 album “Aladdin Sane."

Have you ever wondered what the sound of the stars would be like? If there was a way to figure out what it would sound like if it actually produced a sound? Well with science, we could.