The middle star in the dagger is actually not a star, but the Orion Nebula, which through a telescope is revealed to be a ...

Containing some of the very brightest stars in the night sky, Orion’s unmistakable Belt is just one of the key sights. Here’s a tour of the iconic constellation so you can star-spot while you ...

Situated 1,300 light-years away beneath the three stars of Orion’s Belt, the nebula is a hotspot for star formation, where young protostars emerge from dense clouds of gas and dust. Hubble’s ...

The Orion Nebula is one of the best “must-see” attractions in the sky, and it’s even more impressive once you get to know ...

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

The Orion Nebula is one of the best must-see attractions in the Pottsville sky, and it is even more impressive once you get ...

To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s Belt. It’s made of three moderately bright stars close together in a row and found high in the southern sky. Then look for ruddy Betelgeuse ...

Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. , where new stars are being born from the gas and dust. The intense ...

The new year opens with Jupiter still dominating the night sky. Earth passed the king of planets in the orbital race a month ago, but something as brilliant as Jupiter takes a while to fade. As ...

Sirius, the Dog Star, is difficult to ignore. Ostentatiously scintillating on the southern horizon right now, the “Searing ...

On Monday, February 10 at 6:09 p.m, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch ...