A star called T Corona Borealis may "go nova" next week, making the star briefly visible to the naked eye. It last happened ...

All winter long the great constellation Orion the Hunter has roamed our skies, with its bright belt of three stars in nearly ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

On April evenings, look to the west to spot the bright winter constellations of Orion, Gemini, Taurus, Auriga, Canis Major and Canis Minor. They’ll be gone soon, so check them out while you can.

Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, is the brightest star in the sky. It’s twice as massive as the Sun. Alpha Centauri is a triple star system, the third brightest and closest star system ...

Our featured constellation is Cancer the crab ... April 11 – Mars forms a straight line with Gemini’s brightest stars Pollux (closer to Mars) and Castor tonight. Since the planet is moving ...

Follow the arc of its handle to Arcturus, the fourth brightest star in the sky, shining with an orange hue in the Boötes constellation above the east. Next, locate Vega, a brilliant blue-white ...

Mars may be found drifting eastward below the Gemini Twins ... the Red Planet will draw a bead on the bright star Regulus in the constellation of Leo, the lion. It will pass less than a degree ...