Stories, guides, and the science of the sky.
Everything you might want to know about star maps, the night sky, and turning a date that mattered into something you can hang on a wall.
Best Stargazing Apps 2026
An honest comparison of SkySafari, Stellarium Mobile, PhotoPills, Star Walk 2, Sky Tonight, Night Sky, and the free Google Sky Map — by use case.
My Birthday Star
Somewhere overhead is a star far enough away that its light has been travelling for exactly as long as you have. Look yours up, and go and see it.
NASA's Picture on Your Birthday
Enter your birth date and see the space photo NASA published that day, with the story behind it. Born before June 1995? There isn't one — so here's the real sky over your birthplace instead.
We’re writing through a long list of guides — how star maps work, gift ideas, the night sky on any date in history, and a year-round calendar of meteor showers and eclipses. New posts go up here as they’re finished.