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Solar eclipses don't happen every day; in fact, scientists say the phenomenon our corner of the United States again until 2079. And while we might not be

We are now T minus one week until a total solar eclipse will make its way across the United States, and the first one to reach us since 2017. 

We found the best spots in Rhode Island to see everything the night sky has to offer from stars to meteor showers to the Milky Way.

SCITUATE – Skyscrapers Inc., Rhode Island’s amateur astronomy society, will be celebrating Astronomy Day at several places on Saturday, May 7.

Where to converge to observe The Great Conjunction in the Midlands WLTX © Provided by WLTX-TV Columbia The Great Convergence (GC) of Saturn and Jupiter happens only once every 20 years, so naturally it's going to happen at the end of 2020 -- on the day of the Winter Solstice.  During the GC, the orbits of the Solar System's largest gaseous planets make them appear to converge at the same spot in the sky, even though the planets remain millions of miles apart. At their closest, Jupiter and Saturn, visually, will be only 0.1 degree apart.  Jupiter will be low in the southwes...