Atlas Obscura’s Wondersky columnist Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science journalist and author of the upcoming Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (January 2024, Random House). She regularly shares the stories and secrets of our wondrous night sky. The night sky is something we all share, for free, forever. You really don’t need any tools to behold the beauty of the stars and other planets. Equipped with your five senses, just go outdoors at night and explore the universe…
