Mary Stewart Adams

This week the ancient constellation of the kneeler, known later as Hercules, sweeps high overhead, bearing a mystery across the sky.

This week, there’s an annular solar eclipse, on Thursday, and the fairy tale of “The White Doe” is perfect for imagining what the eclipse brings.

The Nodes of the Moon are the two points in space where the plane of the Moon’s orbit around the Earth intersects the plane of the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

At dawn on Wednesday, May 26, the Full Moon will step into the Earth’s shadow, inaugurating this year’s eclipse season.

This week the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower opens a window into the world of wishes when it peaks in the early morning hours around May 5th. The shower takes its name from the region of Aquarius, but it’s actually caused by the trail of stuff left by Comet Halley when it whizzes through our system.