Dragging the trash barrel to the curb, I look up at the night sky, and my current self is instantly tethered to all my past ...

The winter sky has some brightly lit star patterns ... These shapes aren't constellations, but asterisms: groups of stars that form recognizable patterns but that don't have official locations ...

There may be 88 official constellations ... to anyone wanting to navigate and know the night sky. One such is the Winter Triangle — formed by Sirius, Betelgeuse and Procyon — that's still ...

That guarantees pitch-black moonless night skies, perfect for capturing deep-sky objects and winter constellations. Use this ...

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 ...

Winter’s signature constellation, Orion, begins spring in the southwestern sky but is still prominent as twilight fades to night. By the end of April, though, he wallows in twilight, and his ...

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.

This recurrent nova, located approximately 3,000 light-years away in the constellation ... For sky-watchers, the failure of the star to suddenly become visible to the naked eye during winter ...

What are constellations and ... constellation Orion - a winter constellation There's nothing better, when you're wrapped up warm in an evening watching the sky slowly turn inky blue, than spotting ...

We'll soon bid adieu to Orion and friends, the sparkly winter constellations that have enlivened the night sky since last December. They still hold sway in the west and southwest during the first ...

The night sky this week brings a first peek at the Lyrids Meteor Shower before its actual peak, plus planets including Venus, ...