Whenever you gaze upon the stars and constellations, it’s easy to forget you’re seeing a three-dimensional picture over ...

The Moon passes 0.4° south of the bright red giant Antares in Scorpius this morning at 4 A.M. EST. The pair is visible in the ...

Betelgeuse, approximately 100,000 times as luminous as the Sun and 400 million times its volume, is nearing the end of its life. As a variable star, it pulses with a heartbeat-like rhythm.

The winter sky has some brightly lit star patterns visible this month, including a triangle featuring Mars, making it ...

We're now just past the midpoint of astronomical winter — that moment marking the midway point between December's winter solstice and March's vernal equinox. That moment took place at 4:11 p.m.

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

In the same part constellation, Orion, as Betelgeuse but even farther away is the Orion Nebula, a place where we see new stars forming. Its distance is 1500 light years, meaning that the light we ...

The night sky is the window to the rest of our universe but it’s also great for lovers. It’s great being in the dark with the ...

People in the northern hemisphere will be able to see Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars during the planetary parade. The next full moon will happen on Feb. 12. Known as the ...

Orion's seven brightest stars make up the basic outline. The bright star, Betelgeuse, marks the right shoulder of the hunter, with bow pulled back. To the right is Bellatrix, the tip of the arrow.