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

A n unusual group of stars in the Orion constellation have revealed their secrets. FU Orionis, a double star system, first caught astronomers' attention in 1936 when the central star suddenly ...

is the starting point for finding the rest of the Orion constellation. It's made up of three stars that are almost perfectly aligned, equally spaced, and similarly illuminated. Move south from ...

Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, is the brightest star in the sky. It’s twice as massive as the Sun. Canopus, the ...

Since late autumn, the great constellation Orion the Hunter has been gradually migrating westward across the Pottsville evening sky. His calling card is his bright belt of three stars in nearly a ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the weekend, which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

Star patterns such as the hunter Orion and the winged horse Pegasus are commonly called constellations. But the term constellation in modern astronomy actually refers to a particular region of the ...

In April, the iconic stars of Orion and other famous winter constellations drop westward, as they begin their annual exit from the evening sky. In the early part of the month, look to the west at ...

According to astronomers, the Betelgeuse red supergiant star, appears to be on its last legs due to its increasingly volatile ...

4. Orion’s Sword marks about halfway between Orion’s Belt and his knees. His left knee is the brightest star in the constellation called Rigel, and it is a blue supergiant. 5. Follow up from ...

Since late autumn, the great constellation Orion the Hunter has been gradually migrating westward across the Butler evening ...