Star Spangled Springfield

Everything in nature comes and goes—stars, planets, even our bodies—but what truly endures is repetition. The universe moves to a rhythm: the Sun brings the year’s shortest day on December 21 and its earliest sunset on December 7; the Moon cycles through fullness every 29½ days and repeats its elevation pattern every 18.6 years, reaching an extreme this year. Venus, fading from the morning sky, will return as a brilliant evening star later this winter—part of its elegant 8-year cycle. Saturn’s rings, now edgewise, won’t appear this way again until 2044. Even Earth’s poles follow a 26,000-year rhythm, and we’re now living in the rare moment when Polaris serves as the most perfectly placed North Star in that grand celestial cycle.

Fireworks will launch from the Memorial Bridge over the Connecticut River

After having to cancel last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, fireworks displays are being held this Fourth of July holiday in Massachusetts cities…

Fireworks will again explode in brilliant colors over the Connecticut River in Springfield this Fourth of July. In another step toward a post-pandemic…

Fireworks will again explode this year on July 4th over the Connecticut River in Springfield, Massachusetts. After moving last year to a temporary venue,…