For once, let’s not seek out the esoteric but do our exploring in one of the night’s most familiar places: the belt of Orion. Its leftmost star, Alnitak (pronounced ALL-nye-tack), is our focus ...

Placed so unmistakably in the center of Orion’s Belt, Alnilam is one of the 57 stars used in navigation. If only all the rest of that Heinz variety were so easy to locate, the back-to-nature ...

Orion's Belt is known as an asterism, a pattern of stars that is not one of the 88 official constellations. As its name suggests, Orion's Belt typically represents the waist of Orion in depictions ...

Orion's spectacular stars and the bright nebulas in his sword and belt are well worth a look on chilly winter nights. Your favorite mobile astronomy app can help you find them and see what they ...

On these chilly March evenings, there’s nothing quite as nice as a good belt, something to keep you all warm and toasty. I’m talking hot chocolate, tea or whatever.

This column is my third and final installment about the constellation Orion the Hunter's celestial treasures, the best the evening skies have to offer, at least in this stargazer's opinion. This ...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Or is it a drone?It might actually be Orion’s Belt.On Friday, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan took to his X account, writing that he ...

Embark on a fascinating journey through the cosmos and explore the iconic stars known as the Three Marias in Orion’s Belt. These stars—Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak—are not only among the brightest in ...

The best known and closest site where astronomers can regularly observe the birth of stars is 1500 light years away from us and is called the Orion Nebula. Orion's belt is in the center of this ...

In all the night sky, it’s hard to think of a more distinguished pattern of stars than the three in the middle of Orion. SPACING OUT: Orion's brilliant belt | Lifestyles | enidnews.com Skip to ...

Standing upright and shining down upon Earth on these midwinter nights is the brightest and grandest of all the constellations: Orion, the Mighty Hunter. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal ...