At this time of the year, with the major league baseball playoffs in full swing and the World Series right around the corner, I occasionally find myself thinking about the legendary sports cartoonist, ...

The article revisits the zodiacal constellation Capricornus, an ancient "sea-goat" figure originating over 3,500 years ago in Mesopotamia, which is observable in the southern sky near Aquarius and ...

There is so much to look for in the dazzling night sky that it can sometimes be hard to tell what you're seeing. If you are trying to spot a certain constellation, such as Capricornus, which is ...

It has always seemed to me that the ancient skywatchers had an incredible imagination. Once the sun went down and the sky became dark, they looked to the stars to provide a source of entertainment, ...