Bob King

We check in with the brightest comet of the year and see what's next, plus an update on Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1), which still shows signs of life.

Bob King is a Libertarian candidate running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas’ 21st Congressional District.

A calendar of the best and brightest night-sky events for the 11th month.

Travel to the faraway and long ago by riding a quasar's beam.

Darkness is dwindling and so are its many benefits. Light pollution is everywhere. You don't need me to tell you.

The Moon crosses the Pleiades this week, then heads east for the year's most dramatic Spica occultation.

We have a full moon Friday night, Nov. 15. Watch it rise from a lake near you.

Learn more about one of the brightest, most distinctive star clusters in the sky. Everybody loves the Pleiades (PLEE-uh-DEEZ).

Got binoculars? That's all you'll need to see Uranus at its brightest this month and next.

Road trip! Dark-sky die-hards like myself make occasional pilgrimages to pristine skies hoping to find relief from the frustrations of light pollution. Last month, a friend and I drove 1,100 miles to spend a week in the Oklahoma Panhandle with several other amateur astronomers who thirsted for darkness. We observed with telescopes and photographed to our heart's content under a blizzard of starlight wrapped in the ribbon of the Milky Way. Several nights in, it occurred to me that the sky there would look familiar to those who inhabited these lands millennia ago before gas and then electric lighting became commonplace. Even at midnight the stars, planets, natural airglow, and the zodiacal light cast enough light to find one's way with ease along a dirt path.