Here's a roundup of varsity sports action, including the Silverado girls basketball team winning a 26th-straight league game.

When air traffic picked up in the 1920s, pilots were left to navigate on their own, then others started to step in.

POSING next to each other, sisters Tara and Lisa Fothergill look decades apart – despite a three year age gap. But the ...

Hoping for a glimpse of the Milky Way? These user-friendly apps help stargazers learn more about objects in the sky, check ...

A planetary conjunction, with the moon and Saturn will occur overnight Jan. 23, NASA said. The rendezvous is what's known in astronomy as a conjunction, and it presents spectators with a rare ...

If you look halfway up in the northwest, you'll be able to see the familiar zigzag of five bright stars forming the ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

Join the Dark Sky Bonfire Jan. 21 at Pecatonica Ridge Prairie for s’mores, stargazing, and a walk through 160 protected acres ...

Deep-sky objects shine and the giant planets show off their satellites as the bright light from the Moon disappears from our ...

The night sky is the Christmas gift that just keeps giving. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Christmas is a wonderful time for ...

The Beehive Cluster, a group of about 1,000 stars, will be visible to skywatchers throughout January. Here's how to see it in ...

From Jupiter at its brightest to a dazzling Saturn-Moon-Neptune alignment, here’s what to watch in the night sky in January 2026.